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Karel Knesl was a Czech football player who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Karel Fuchs-Robětín was a Czech tennis and ice hockey player. He competed for Bohemia in tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Karel Halík was a Czech wrestler. He competed for Bohemia at the 1906, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics and for Czechoslovakia at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Karel Ardelt was a Czech tennis player.
Karel Lavický is a Czech windsurfer, who specializes in Neil Pryde RS:X class. As of September 2013, he is ranked no. 62 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation.
Anna Kubešková is a Czech curler from Prague. She currently skips the Czech Republic National team.
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- ↑ "Karel Pechan Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
