Miloslav Duffek
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Miloslav Duffek (1928-25 February 2023 in Geneva[1]) was a former Czechoslovak-Swiss slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a silver medal in the folding K-1 event at the 1955 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Tacen.[2]
Duffek popularized the bow draw stroke, aka "Duffek Stroke", as an effective means of pivoting a kayak. Before the bow stroke was popularized, only forward and reverse sweep strokes were generally used to turn a kayak. The Duffek Stroke turned a multi-stroke operation into a single stroke, which could then be combined with a forward stroke to continue momentum.
References
[edit]- ^ Tribune de Genève 1er mars 2023
- ^ "Overview of athlete's results". CanoeSlalom.net. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
External links
[edit]- Miloslav DUFFEK at CanoeSlalom.net
- https://paddlinglife.com Remembering Milo: An Ode to the Duffek Stroke (and Milo's "Duffektion") by Eugene Buchanan, January 15, 2023.
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