Emil Pollert (9 May 1938 â 27 January 2014) was a Czech slalom canoeist and physical chemist. He competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1960s and won a gold medal in the C-2 team event at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal an der Drau with his brother Jaroslav.
Pollert was born on 9 May 1938. In addition to his racing career, he also had a successful scientific career. He was a physical chemist and inventor. He became a docent and doctor of science. He studied magnetic substances at the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. He was also a teacher at the Czech Technical University in Prague for some time.
After ending his career as an active athlete, he became an official (Vice-chairman of the Czech Canoeing Association) and co-organizer of the Prague-Troja races. He died on 27 January 2014, at the age of 75.
Emil Pollert was grandson of the opera singer Emil Pollert, son of the virtuoso pianist Jaroslav Pollert I (born 1910), older brother of the canoeist Jaroslav Pollert II (born 1943), father of the canoeist and 1992 Olympic winner LukÃ¡à ¡ Pollert, father of the actress Klára Pollertová and uncle of the canoeist Jaroslav Pollert III (born 1971).