Václav Kozák

Václav Kozák (14 April 1937 – 15 March 2004) was a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics.

[1] At the European championships Kozák won four medals in various events between 1959 and 1965, including a gold in single sculls in 1963.

[2] Kozák started as a cyclist, and changed to rowing in 1952 motivated by the gold medal of the Czech coxed fours at the 1952 Olympics.

After retiring from competitions he worked as a rowing coach at the Dukla club in Prague, raising several world championship and Olympic medalists.

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