Jan Brzák-Felix

Jan Brzák-Felix
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
1936 BerlinC-2 1000 m
1948 LondonC-2 1000 m
1952 HelsinkiC-2 1000 m
Canoe Sprint World Championships
1938 VaxholmC-2 10000 m
1950 CopenhagenC-2 1000 m
1950 CopenhagenC-2 10000 m
1938 VaxholmC-2 1000 m
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Canoe Slalom World Championships
1949 GenevaC-1 team
1949 GenevaC-2 team
1949 GenevaC-1
1949 GenevaC-2

Jan Brzák-Felix (6 April 1912 – 15 July 1988) was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoeist from Prague who competed from the mid-1930s to the early 1950s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the C-2 1000 m event with two golds (1936, 1948) and one silver (1952).

Brzák-Felix also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (C-2 1000 m: 1950, C-2 10000 m: 1938, 1950) and one silver (C-2 1000 m: 1938).

He also competed at the 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Geneva, earning two silver medals (C-1 team, C-2 team) and two bronze medals (C-1, C-2).

In 1955, Brzák-Felix teamed up with 1936 C-1 1000 m silver medalist Bohuslav Karlík to paddle the 118 miles (189.9 km) of the Vltava from České Budějovice to Prague in 20 hours.

References

  • DatabaseOlympics.com profile at the Wayback Machine (archived August 27, 2007)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Jan Brzák-Felix". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06.
  • Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Doubles 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 482–3.


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