Vlastimil Černý

Vlastimil Černý
Personal information
Full name Vlastimil Černý
National team  Canada
Born (1963-04-07) April 7, 1963
Vyškov, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 90 kg (200 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly, freestyle

Vlastimil Černý (born April 7, 1963) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1] There he finished in 12th position in the 100-metre butterfly, and in ninth place with the men's 4x100-metre freestyle relay team.

In 1982, he, along with Miloslav Rolko, Tereza Vrtiskova and Josef Kuf (all swimmers), defected from Czechoslovakia following at meet in Sindelfingen, West Germany.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Vlastimil Cerny". sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  2. Czechoslovakias swimmers defect, Published April 8, 1982; retrieved from Open Source Archive on May 11, 2012.


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