Miroslav Koranda

Miroslav Koranda (born November 6, 1934 in Prague ; † October 6, 2008 ) was a Czechoslovak rower and helmsman (rowing) .

Athletic career

At the Olympic Games in 1952 , the Czechoslovak four-man with helmsman won with Karel Mejta , Jiří Havlis , Jan Jindra , Stanislav Lusk and helmsman Miroslav Koranda in the third run with five seconds ahead of the Norwegians. The US rowers won the first semi-final, and the Czechoslovaks won the second semi-final with a lead of seven tenths of a second over the Swiss boat. The USA and Czechoslovakia qualified for the finals as winners of the semi-finals and Finns, Swiss and British as winners of the hope runs. In the final, the Czechoslovaks won three seconds ahead of the Swiss and the US boat, the British and the Finns did not make it into the medal ranks. At the European Rowing Championships in 1953 , the Czechoslovaks won gold with the same line-up in front of the boats from the Soviet Union and Switzerland.

At the European Rowing Championships in 1956 Jan Jindra, Stanislav Lusk and Miroslav Koranda belonged to the Czechoslovak eighth , who won the title in front of the boats from France and Hungary. A few months later at the Olympic Games in Melbourne, the Czechoslovaks were eliminated in the semi-finals behind Canada and Sweden, the Swedes were the only European eighth to reach the final and came fourth. At the European Rowing Championships in 1957 , the Italian eighth won ahead of the Soviet boat, the Czechoslovaks received the bronze medal.

Web links

• Miroslav Koranda in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• European championships in four with a helmsman
• European championships in eighth