Bohuslav Karlík
Bohuslav Karlík (November 25, 1908 – September 29, 1996) was a Czechoslovak flatwater and slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the silver in the C-1 1000 m event at Berlin in 1936.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Czechoslovakia | ||
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1936 Berlin | C-1 1000 m | |
| Canoe Sprint World Championships | ||
| 1938 Vaxholm | C-2 10000 m | |
| 1938 Vaxholm | C-2 1000 m | |
| 1950 Copenhagen | C-2 10000 m | |
| Men's canoe slalom | ||
| Canoe Slalom World Championships | ||
| 1949 Geneva | C-1 team | |
Karlík won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in the C-2 10000 m (1938), a silver in the C-2 1000 m (1938), and a bronze in the C-2 10000 m events (1950).
In canoe slalom, he won a silver medal in the C-1 team event at the 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Geneva.
A native of Prague, Karlík teamed up with fellow canoeist Jan Brzák-Felix in 1955 to paddle the 118 miles (190 km) of the Vltava from České Budějovice to Prague in 20 hours.
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