Results - 2021 ECA CANOE SPRINT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Biography

Daniel HAVEL

Federation :	CZECH CANOE UNION - CCU
Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	10/08/1991
Height (cm.) :	179
Weight (Kg.) :	77

Athlete entered in:
Men's 500m K2 SENIOR	other members of the team:	Jakub SPICAR
Men's 500m K4 SENIOR	other members of the team:	Jakub SPICAR
		Jan VOREL
		Vilem KUKACKA

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)
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)
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.