Vlastimil Černý
Vlastimil Černý (born April 7, 1963) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1] There he finished in 12th position in the 100-metre butterfly, and in ninth place with the men's 4x100-metre freestyle relay team.
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| Full name | Vlastimil Černý | |||||||||||||
| National team | Canada | |||||||||||||
| Born | April 7, 1963 Vyškov, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 1982, he, along with Miloslav Rolko, Tereza Vrtiskova and Josef Kuf (all swimmers), defected from Czechoslovakia following a meet in Sindelfingen, West Germany.[2]
Černý has been the coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons Swim team since 1993.[3] In 2020, he was awarded the U SPORTS Fox 40 women's swimming Coach of the Year.[4]
References
- "Vlastimil Cerny". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- Czechoslovakias swimmers defect Archived 2012-09-06 at Archive.today, Published April 8, 1982; retrieved from Open Source Archive on May 11, 2012.
- "Vlastimil Cerny - Swimming Coach - University of Manitoba Athletics".
- "Wog wins gold in 200m IM, 50m breaststroke at Day 3 of U SPORTS Championships".
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