Václav Vochoska
Václav Vochoska (born July 26, 1955 in České Budějovice ) is a former Czechoslovak rower who won two Olympic bronze medals.
At the 1976 Olympic Games , the Czechoslovak double scull with Jaroslav Hellebrand , Václav Vochoska, Zdeněk Pecka and Vladek Lacina took third place behind the boats from the GDR and the Soviet Union. In 1977 the quadruple with Karel Černý , Filip Koudela , Václav Vochoska and Zdeněk Pecka came second at the world championships behind the double foursome from the GDR, in 1978 Vochoska, Pecka, Koudela and Lacina took fourth place.
1979 Vochoska and Pecka switched to double sculls ; at the World Championships in Bled they won silver behind the Norwegian brothers Frank and Alf Hansen . Because of the Olympic boycott , the two Norwegians did not compete in the 1980 Olympic Games ; The boat from the GDR won over the Yugoslavs, Vochoska and Pecka received their second bronze medal. The two Czechoslovaks won their last medal at the 1982 World Championships when they crossed the finish line in third behind the boats from Norway (Alf Hansen and Rolf Thorsen ) and the GDR ( Klaus Kröppelien and Joachim Dreifke ). After Pecka's resignation, Vochoska competed at the 1985 World Championships with Jiri Jakoubek and finished in seventh place.
Web links
- Václav Vochoska in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Václav Vochoska at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vochoska, Václav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | České Budějovice |