[2] He won the bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań.

[4] That year, the Czech K-4 1000 m team he was part of won Olympic bronze.

[5] In 2014, he completed his set of K-4 1000 m World Championship medals, winning gold in Moscow.

[5] At the 2017 World Championships, he won bronze in the K-2 1000 m and the K-4 500 m.[4] Havel sold trophies he was awarded following his Olympic medals to support young Czech canoeists.

[6] His wife, Andrea Havlova, is also an international competitor in the sprint canoe.