Jiří Pecka

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Jiří Pecka
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver 1948 London C-2 10000 m
World Championships
Bronze 1950 Copenhagen C-2 1000 m
Men's canoe slalom
World Championships
Gold 1955 Tacen Mixed C-2
Silver 1951 Steyr C-2 team
Bronze 1951 Steyr C-2
Bronze 1953 Meran C-2 team

Jiří Pecka (June 4, 1917 - May 12, 1997) was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a silver medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Pecka also won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen.

He also won a gold medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1955 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Tacen.

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