Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
Tibor Sýkora (born 18 September 1938)[1] is a former Czechoslovak slalom canoeist of Slovak nationality who competed in the 1960s. He won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the 1961 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Hainsberg . He also finished 5th in the individual C1 event at the same World Championships.[2]
Sýkora started out as a middle distance runner, but had to change sports after tearing both his achilles heels in 3000m steeplechase run. In 1970 he and another canoeist saved the lives of a man and a four-year old girl after their boat capsized on the Danube , a feat for which they received an award from the Czechoslovak president. Unfortunately, though, they were unable to rescue the girl's mother.[3]
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1949: France (Pierre d'Alençon , Paul Huguet & Marcel Renaud ) 1951: Czechoslovakia (Václav Nič , Jaroslav Váňa & Jan Pecka ) 1953: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek , Jan Šulc & Stanislav Jánský ) 1955: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek , Jiří Hradil & Luděk Beneš ) 1957: West Germany (Günther Beck , Heiner Stumpf & Otto Stumpf ) 1959: Czechoslovakia (Luděk Beneš , Václav Janovský & Vladimír Jirásek ) 1961: Czechoslovakia (Tibor Sýkora , Jaroslav Pollert & Bohuslav Pospíchal ) 1963: East Germany (Karl-Heinz Wozniak , Gert Kleinert & Manfred Schubert ) 1965: Czechoslovakia (Jiří Vočka , Luděk Beneš & Bohuslav Pospíchal ) 1967: Czechoslovakia (Karel Kumpfmüller , Bohuslav Pospíchal & Petr Sodomka ) 1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Peters , Harald Cuypers & Reinhold Kauder ) 1971: East Germany (Jürgen Köhler , Wulf Reinicke & Jochen Förster ) 1973: Czechoslovakia (Jaroslav Radil , Karel Třešňák & Petr Sodomka ) 1975: Czechoslovakia (Petr Sodomka , Jaroslav Radil & Karel Třešňák ) 1977: East Germany (Reinhard Eiben , Peter Massalski & Lutz Körner ) 1979: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Bob Robison ) 1981: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Ron Lugbill ) 1983: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Kent Ford ) 1985: United States (David Hearn , Jon Lugbill & Kent Ford ) 1987: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Bruce Lessels ) 1989: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Jed Prentice ) 1991: United States (Adam Clawson , Jon Lugbill & Jed Prentice ) 1993: Slovenia (Jože Vidmar , Boštjan Žitnik & Simon Hočevar ) 1995: Germany (Vitus Husek , Sören Kaufmann & Martin Lang ) 1997: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Juraj Minčík & Juraj Ontko ) 1999: Poland (Krzysztof Bieryt , Sławomir Mordarski & Mariusz Wieczorek ) 2002: Czech Republic (Přemysl Vlk , Jan Mašek & Stanislav Ježek ) 2003: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Juraj Minčík & Michal Martikán ) 2005: France (Olivier Lalliet , Pierre Labarelle & Tony Estanguet ) 2006: Germany (Stefan Pfannmöller , Nico Bettge & Jan Benzien ) 2007: France (Tony Estanguet , Pierre Labarelle & Nicolas Peschier ) 2009: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš ) 2010: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš ) 2011: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš ) 2013: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš ) 2014: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš ) 2015: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš ) 2017: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš ) 2018: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš ) 2019: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš ) 2021: France (Martin Thomas , Denis Gargaud Chanut & Nicolas Gestin ) 2022: Slovenia (Benjamin Savšek , Luka Božič & Anže Berčič ) 2023: France (Nicolas Gestin , Jules Bernardet & Lucas Roisin )