Vlastimil Černý
Canadian swimmer (born 1963)
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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.
FullnameVlastimil Černý
NationalteamCanada
BornApril 7, 1963
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
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| Full name | Vlastimil Černý | ||||||||||||||
| National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Born | April 7, 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||
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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]
