Tibor Sýkora
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Tibor Sýkora (born 18 September 1938)[1] is a former Czechoslovak slalom canoeist of Slovak nationality who competed in the 1960s. He won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the 1961 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Hainsberg. He also finished 5th in the individual C1 event at the same World Championships.[2]
Sýkora started out as a middle distance runner, but had to change sports after tearing both his achilles heels in 3000m steeplechase run. In 1970 he and another canoeist saved the lives of a man and a four-year old girl after their boat capsized on the Danube, a feat for which they received an award from the Czechoslovak president. Unfortunately, though, they were unable to rescue the girl's mother.[3]
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- 1949: France (Pierre d'Alençon, Paul Huguet & Marcel Renaud)
- 1951: Czechoslovakia (Václav Nič, Jaroslav Váňa & Jan Pecka)
- 1953: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek, Jan Šulc & Stanislav Jánský)
- 1955: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek, Jiří Hradil & Luděk Beneš)
- 1957: West Germany (Günther Beck, Heiner Stumpf & Otto Stumpf)
- 1959: Czechoslovakia (Luděk Beneš, Václav Janovský & Vladimír Jirásek)
- 1961: Czechoslovakia (Tibor Sýkora, Jaroslav Pollert & Bohuslav Pospíchal)
- 1963: East Germany (Karl-Heinz Wozniak, Gert Kleinert & Manfred Schubert)
- 1965: Czechoslovakia (Jiří Vočka, Luděk Beneš & Bohuslav Pospíchal)
- 1967: Czechoslovakia (Karel Kumpfmüller, Bohuslav Pospíchal & Petr Sodomka)
- 1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Peters, Harald Cuypers & Reinhold Kauder)
- 1971: East Germany (Jürgen Köhler, Wulf Reinicke & Jochen Förster)
- 1973: Czechoslovakia (Jaroslav Radil, Karel Třešňák & Petr Sodomka)
- 1975: Czechoslovakia (Petr Sodomka, Jaroslav Radil & Karel Třešňák)
- 1977: East Germany (Reinhard Eiben, Peter Massalski & Lutz Körner)
- 1979: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Bob Robison)
- 1981: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Ron Lugbill)
- 1983: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Kent Ford)
- 1985: United States (David Hearn, Jon Lugbill & Kent Ford)
- 1987: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Bruce Lessels)
- 1989: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Jed Prentice)
- 1991: United States (Adam Clawson, Jon Lugbill & Jed Prentice)
- 1993: Slovenia (Jože Vidmar, Boštjan Žitnik & Simon Hočevar)
- 1995: Germany (Vitus Husek, Sören Kaufmann & Martin Lang)
- 1997: Slovakia (Michal Martikán, Juraj Minčík & Juraj Ontko)
- 1999: Poland (Krzysztof Bieryt, Sławomir Mordarski & Mariusz Wieczorek)
- 2002: Czech Republic (Přemysl Vlk, Jan Mašek & Stanislav Ježek)
- 2003: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský, Juraj Minčík & Michal Martikán)
- 2005: France (Olivier Lalliet, Pierre Labarelle & Tony Estanguet)
- 2006: Germany (Stefan Pfannmöller, Nico Bettge & Jan Benzien)
- 2007: France (Tony Estanguet, Pierre Labarelle & Nicolas Peschier)
- 2009: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský, Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš)
- 2010: Slovakia (Michal Martikán, Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš)
- 2011: Slovakia (Michal Martikán, Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš)
- 2013: Slovakia (Michal Martikán, Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš)
- 2014: Slovakia (Michal Martikán, Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš)
- 2015: Slovakia (Michal Martikán, Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš)
- 2017: Slovakia (Michal Martikán, Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš)
- 2018: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský, Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš)
- 2019: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský, Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš)
- 2021: France (Martin Thomas, Denis Gargaud Chanut & Nicolas Gestin)
- 2022: Slovenia (Benjamin Savšek, Luka Božič & Anže Berčič)
- 2023: France (Nicolas Gestin, Jules Bernardet & Lucas Roisin)
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