Josef Věntus
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 17 February 1931 Kylešovice, Opava District, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 December 2001 (aged 70) Prague, Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Josef Věntus (17 February 1931 – 29 December 2001) was a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1956 Summer Olympics, in the 1960 Summer Olympics, and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
Life
Věntus was born in Kylešovice part of Opava on 17 February 1931. In 1956 he was a crew member of the Czechoslovak boat which was eliminated in the semi-finals of the eight event. Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Czechoslovak boat in the eights competition. At the 1964 Games, he won his second bronze medal as part of the Czechoslovak boat in the eights event.
Věntus died in Prague on 29 December 2001, at the age of 70.[2]
References
  | This article about a Czechoslovak Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article relating to Czechoslovak rowing (1918–1992) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1931 births
- 2001 deaths
- Czech male rowers
- Czechoslovak male rowers
- Olympic rowers for Czechoslovakia
- Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Opava
- European Rowing Championships medalists
- Czechoslovak Olympic medalist stubs
- Czechoslovak rowing biography stubs