Vlastimil Černý

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.

Vlastimil Černý
Personal information
Full nameVlastimil Černý
National teamCanada
Born (1963-04-07) April 7, 1963
Vyškov, Czechoslovakia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Canada
Pan Pacific Championships
1985 Tokyo 200m butterfly

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

Černý has been the coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons Swim team since 1993.[3] In 2020, he was awarded the U SPORTS Fox 40 women's swimming Coach of the Year.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Vlastimil Cerny". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  2. Czechoslovakias swimmers defect Archived 2012-09-06 at archive.today, Published April 8, 1982; retrieved from Open Source Archive on May 11, 2012.
  3. "Vlastimil Cerny - Swimming Coach - University of Manitoba Athletics".
  4. "Wog wins gold in 200m IM, 50m breaststroke at Day 3 of U SPORTS Championships".


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