Ota Kroutil

Ota Kroutil
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
1948 London K-4 1000 m

Otakar Kroutil (31 December 1921 – 1997) was a Czech sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s for Czechoslovakia. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London.

Biography

Kroutil was born in Dobřichovice on 31 December 1921.[1]

He also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-2 1000 m event at London in 1948.

Kroutil died in 1997.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Otakar Kroutil" (in Czech). Czech Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Ota Kroutil". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 December 2025.