Václav Pavkovič
Václav Pavkovič (born April 24, 1936 in Břeclav ; † November 17, 2019 there ) was a Czechoslovak rower who won an Olympic medal in 1960.
At the European Championships in 1959 , the eighth from Czechoslovakia won the silver medal behind the Germany eighth . A year later, six rowers from the boat from 1959 were among the eight who competed at the 1960 Olympic Games on Lake Alban, 1.85 m tall Václav Pavkovič was one of the three crew members who were new to the boat. Bohumil Janoušek , Jan Švéda , Jiří Lundák , Václav Pavkovič, Jan Jindra , Luděk Pojezný , Josef Věntus , Stanislav Lusk and helmsman Miroslav Koníček won their preliminary run and, like the other two preliminary winners, Germany and Canada, went straight to the final. In the final, the Germans won with over four seconds ahead of the Canadians, three seconds behind the eighth from Czechoslovakia won the bronze medal with 1.7 seconds ahead of the French.
Web links
- Václav Pavkovič in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- European championships in eighth
Footnotes
- ↑ Zemřel olympijský medailista z Říma 1960, Václav Pafkovič (news from November 19, 2019 on veslo.cz, accessed on April 13, 2020)
- ↑ European Championships in eighth at sport-komplett.de.
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 . P. 579f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pavkovič, Václav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Břeclav |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th November 2019 |
| Place of death | Břeclav |