Václav Chalupa

For his father (also an Olympic rower), see Václav Chalupa Sr.

Václav Chalupa Jr.
Personal information
Born7 December 1967 (1967-12-07) (age 57)
Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
RelativesVáclav Chalupa (father)
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Single scull
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1989 Bled M1x
Silver medal – second place 1990 Tasmania M1x
Silver medal – second place 1991 Vienna M1x
Representing the  Czech Republic
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 Račice M1x
Silver medal – second place 2009 Poznań M2+
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Tampere M1x
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Cologne M1x
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Lucerne M1x
European Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Poznań M8+

Václav Chalupa Jr. (born 7 December 1967 in Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech rower who competed at six consecutive Olympics from 1988 to 2008, winning a silver medal in 1992 behind Germany's Thomas Lange in the single scull.

Career

His first coach was his father Václav Chalupa Sr., who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and reestablished the only rowing club in their small town when he was thirteen. From 1989 until 2004 he was coached by Zdeněk Pecka.[1]

He rowed at sixteen world championships. In the single scull, he came second at four consecutive meets from 1989 to 1993, and third in 1995, 1998, and 2001 (when just 0.7 seconds separated the top three rowers).[2] At his final world championships in Poznan, he came second in the coxed pairs.[3][4]

He came first at the 1990 Goodwill Games in the single sculls,[5] at three World Cup events in 1991, 1993, and 1999, and at the Hackett Thames World Sculling Challenge in 2000.[6]

He is a captain in the Czech army and a skilled repairman of agricultural machinery.[6]

It is estimated that he has rowed 60 000 km in his career.[1] He is a fan of fellow rowers Thomas Lange and Steve Redgrave, and of Mr. Bean.[7]

His oldest son Václav (born 1994) is also a rower.[8]

He set a record time when winning the Diamond Challenge Sculls, rowing for Dukla Praha, at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1989, with a time of 7.23 min.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "World Rowing e-Magazine - December 2009". WorldRowingMagazine.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  2. ^ "World Rowing Medalists". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Chalupa announces retirement with silver medal". WorldRowing.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Thames World Sculling Challenge". Twsc.rowing.org.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  5. ^ "1990 Goodwill Games Medalists". GoodwillGames.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  6. ^ a b "The Year 2001 Race". Twsc.Rowing.org.uk. 7 December 1967. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  7. ^ "The Year 2001 Race". Twsc.Rowing.org.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  8. ^ "World Rowing e-Magazine - December 2009". WorldRowingMagazine.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  9. ^ "Regatta Records - Henley Royal Regatta". www.hrr.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Railton, J. (1989) 'Redgrave takes Goblets with Ms new partner',". The Times. 3 July 1989. p. 39. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
Awards
Preceded by Thomas Keller Medal
2012 		Succeeded by