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Daniel Havel

Daniel Havel (; born 10 August 1991) is a Czech sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist.

Career

Havel began to train in sprint canoe in 1999.

He won the bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań.

In 2012, he won silver in the same event at the World Championships in Duisburg. That year, the Czech K-4 1000 m team he was part of won Olympic bronze. In 2013, at the European Championships, the K-4 1000 m team won gold, while the K-2 1000 m team Havel shared with Jan Sterba, won bronze. In 2014, he completed his set of K-4 1000 m World Championship medals, winning gold in Moscow.

In 2015, the Czech K-4 1000 m team won World bronze again. At the European Championships that year, Havel repeated the results of the 2013 European Championships.

At the 2017 World Championships, he won bronze in the K-2 1000 m and the K-4 500 m.

Havel sold trophies he was awarded following his Olympic medals to support young Czech canoeists.

His wife, Andrea Havlova, is also an international competitor in the sprint canoe.

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