Luděk Beneš

Luděk Beneš
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1955 Tacen C1 team
Gold medal – first place 1959 Geneva C1 team
Gold medal – first place 1965 Spittal C1 team
Silver medal – second place 1955 Tacen C1
Silver medal – second place 1965 Spittal C1
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Augsburg C1 team

Luděk Beneš (7 September 1937 – 9 August 2016) was a Czech slalom canoeist who competed for Czechoslovakia from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, specializing in the C1 discipline. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C1 team: 1955, 1959, 1965), two silvers (C1: 1955, 1965) and a bronze (C1 team: 1957).[1]

Biography

Beneš was born on 7 September 1937. He was born in a hospital in Plzeň, but was native of the nearby town of Blovice. In addition to his international successes, he is also a 12-time champion of Czechoslovakia. From 1967 to 1972, he was the coach of the Czechoslovak Olympic team. He then worked as a pharmacist in a pharmacy in Blovice that belonged to his family. He died on 9 August 2016 at the age of 78.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Ludek BENES (TCH)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Zemřel Luděk Beneš". kanoe.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Prof. RNDr. Luděk Beneš, DrSc. (1937 - 2016)" (in Czech). Město Blovice. Retrieved 6 June 2025.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.