Bohumil Janoušek

Bohumil Janoušek

Personal information
Born	(1937-09-07) 7 September 1937 Prague
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Representing Czechoslovakia Olympic Games 1960 Rome Eight 1964 Tokyo Eight European Championships 1959 Mâcon Eight 1963 Copenhagen Eight

Bohumil Janoušek (or Bob Janousek; born 7 September 1937) is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and later moved to Britain as a rowing coach and then a boat-builder.

He was born in Prague. In 1960 he was a crew member of the Czechoslovak boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event. Four years later he won his second bronze medal with the Czechoslovak boat in the eights competition.

In 1969, Janousek, despite then speaking no English, was appointed as British national rowing coach. In the next seven years, he introduced training methods to British rowing that were already widespread elsewhere in Europe and formed the first British national rowing squad. Janousek stepped down as coach after the 1976 Olympic Games, at which Britain gained silver medals in double sculls and in eights, but stayed in Britain to form a boat-building business, Janousek Racing Boats.

References

• Dodd, Christopher (2012). Pieces of Eight: Bob Janousek and His Olympians. Henley: River & Rowing Museum. ISBN 978-0953557196.

External links

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