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).
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 1936 Berlin | C-2 1000 m |
![]() | 1948 London | C-2 1000 m |
![]() | 1952 Helsinki | C-2 1000 m |
Canoe Sprint World Championships | ||
![]() | 1938 Vaxholm | C-2 10000 m |
![]() | 1950 Copenhagen | C-2 1000 m |
![]() | 1950 Copenhagen | C-2 10000 m |
![]() | 1938 Vaxholm | C-2 1000 m |
Men's canoe slalom | ||
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Canoe Slalom World Championships | ||
![]() | 1949 Geneva | C-1 team |
![]() | 1949 Geneva | C-2 team |
![]() | 1949 Geneva | C-1 |
![]() | 1949 Geneva | C-2 |
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 Geneva 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and earned 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.
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World Champions in Men's Canoe Sprint C-2 1000 m | |
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World Champions in Men's Canoe Sprint C-2 10000 m | |
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