Václav Chalupa Jr. (born 7 December 1967 in Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech rower who competed at six consecutive Olympics from 1988 to 2008, winning a silver medal in 1992 behind Germany's Thomas Lange in the single scull.

His first coach was his father Václav Chalupa Sr., who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and reestablished the only rowing club in their small town when he was thirteen.

[2] At his final world championships in Poznan, he came second in the coxed pairs.

[6] He is a captain in the Czech army and a skilled repairman of agricultural machinery.

[1] He is a fan of fellow rowers Thomas Lange and Steve Redgrave, and of Mr.