Biography
Daniel HAVEL
 CZECH CANOE UNION - CCU
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| 10/08/1991 | |
| 179 | |
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| other members of the team: | Jakub SPICAR | ||
| NICKNAME: | Danes (baku2015.com, 16 Jun 2015) | |
| HOBBIES: | Sport, watching movies, editing sport videos, listening to music, shopping, spending time with his wife. (baku2015.com, 16 Jun 2015; kanoe.cz, 18 Mar 2014) | |
| SPORTING RELATIVES: | His wife Andrea Havlova has represented the Czech Republic in canoe sprint. She finished fifth in the K2 1000m at the 2014 European Championships in Brandenburg, Germany. His father-in-law Martin Doktor also competed in the sport and won two gold medals at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. (SportsDeskOnline, 19 Feb 2016; canoeracice.com, 26 Apr 2015; blesk.cz, 01 Sep 2012) | |
| BIOGRAPHY: | After having played football initially, Havel found his feet in Canoe Sprint. He graduated with a degree in management from the UNiversity of Economics in Prague. Havel is a two-time Olympic bronze medallist in the K4 1000 at London 2012 and Rio 2016. He also has seven world medals to his name. | |
| FACEBOOK: | https://www.facebook.com/daniel.havel.5 | |
| INSTAGRAM: | https://www.instagram.com/danhavel/ | |
| OCCUPATION: | Athlete | |
| LANGUAGES: | Czech, English, German | |
| HIGHER EDUCATION: | Management - University of Economics: Prague | |
| WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?: | He took up the sport in 1999 in Sedlcany, Czech Republic. | |
| REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT: | His father introduced him to the sport. He initially played football but when his local canoe club began recruiting, he tried out and enjoyed it. | |
| HERO/IDOL: |
Czech sprint paddler Jan Sterba, Norwegian sprint paddler Eirik Veras Larsen. (kanoe.cz, 18 Mar 2014; NOC, 19 Jul 2012) |
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| SUPERSTITIONS/ RITUALS/ BELIEFS: |
He has a photograph of his late stepfather. "The evening before a race I talk with him in spirit." (NOC, 19 Jul 2012) |
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| SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO: | "No goal is so big that it is not worth attempting." (NOC, 19 Jul 2012) | |
| AWARDS AND HONORS: | He was named in the Crew of the Year by the Czech Canoe Union in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. (denik.cz, 11 Jan 2016; kanoe.cz, 15 Jan 2015) | |
| CLUB: | ASC Dukla Praha: Czech Republic | |
| NAME OF COACH: | Pavel Hottmar [national], CZE; Jan Sterba, CZE; Jerzy Dziadkowiec, POL | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR: | 2010 | |
| MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT: | Winning a bronze medal in the K4 1000m at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (baku2015.com, 16 Jun 2015) | |
| BEST RESULTS: | Olympics: Bronze - 2; World Championships: Gold - 1, Silver - 1, Bronze - 5. |
2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
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Aug 24 9:58 |
Men's 1000m K2 SENIOR Heats 3 |
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3
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00:03:18.763
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Aug 25 9:30 |
Men's 1000m K2 SENIOR Semifinal 1 |
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5
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00:03:14.495
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Aug 25 14:56 |
Men's 1000m K2 SENIOR Final B |
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3
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00:03:19.654
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