Jan Brzák-Felix

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Jan Brzák-Felix
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin C-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1948 London C-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki C-2 1000 m
Canoe Sprint World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1938 Vaxholm C-2 10000 m
Gold medal – first place 1950 Copenhagen C-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1950 Copenhagen C-2 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1938 Vaxholm C-2 1000 m
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Canoe Slalom World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1949 Geneva C-1 team
Silver medal – second place 1949 Geneva C-2 team
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Geneva C-1
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Geneva C-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, including two golds (1936, 1948) and a 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 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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