Pavel Kvasil

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Pavel Kvasil
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Born (1939-06-27) 27 June 1939 (age 83)
Spouse(s) Alena Postlová
Sport
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Medal record

Pavel Kvasil (born 27 June 1939) is a Czechoslovak sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in East Berlin.

Kvasil also finished ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

He was married to the competitive rower Alena Postlová; his wife died in 2005. [1]

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References

  1. "Alena Kvasilová–Postlová". veslo.cz (in Czech). Czech Rowing Union. Retrieved 10 January 2018.