Lukáš Pollert

Lukáš Pollert
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
1992 BarcelonaC1
Representing  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
1996 AtlantaC1
World Championships
1997 Três CoroasC1
European Championships
1996 AugsburgC1 team
2000 MezzanaC1 team
1998 Roudnice nad LabemC1
2000 MezzanaC1

Lukáš Pollert (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlukaːʃ ˈpolɛrt]) (born 24 March 1970 in Prague) is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C1 event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1996.

Pollert also won a silver medal in the C1 event at the 1997 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Três Coroas and the overall World Cup title in the C1 category in 1993. At the European Championships he won a total of four medals (2 silvers and 2 bronzes).

He took part in the Velvet Revolution in 1989 in Czechoslovakia which Pollert later considered more important to him than the gold medal he won at Barcelona three years later.

Being a Doctor of Medicine, Pollert retired in 2000 and is nowadays active in his career of a GP in ER of Prague's Military Hospital. He has published several books of interviews with other top Czech sportsmen ("Lukáš Pollert se ptá") and is an active videoblogger on the Vyladeno.tv website. With his partner, Pavla, he has six children, three sons and three daughters.

His sister is actress Klára Pollertová.

World Cup individual podiums

Season Date Venue Position Event
199130 Jun 1991Mezzana3rdC1
199223 Feb 1992Launceston1stC1
199325 Jul 1993Lofer1stC1
21 Aug 1993Minden1stC1
31 Aug 1993Ocoee3rdC1
199417 Jul 1994La Seu d'Urgell1stC1
18 Sep 1994Asahi, Aichi2ndC1
19952 Jul 1995Tacen1stC1
9 Jul 1995Mezzana2ndC1
199625 Aug 1996Prague2ndC1
199814 Jun 1998Liptovský Mikuláš3rdC1
13 Sep 1998La Seu d'Urgell3rdC1
199920 Jun 1999Tacen1stC1
24 Jun 1999Tacen1stC1

References

  • DatabaseOlympics.com profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-02-23)
  • 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. "Lukáš Pollert". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  • Vyladeno.tv at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-29)
  • Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Slalom Singles". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 486.


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