Ludmila Polesná (August 31, 1934 in Písek

Písek

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 - December 9, 1988 in Prague

Prague

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) was a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed from the early 1960s to the mid 1970s. She won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non-Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they had taken place in odd-numbered years...

 with four golds (Folding K-1: 1961

1961 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 1961 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Hainsberg, East Germany under the auspices of International Canoe Federation.-Canoe:-Kayak:-Canoe:-Kayak:-Medals table:-References:***...

, 1963

1963 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 1963 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Spittal, Austria under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. The women's folding K-1 team event resumed for the first time since 1957.-Canoe:-Kayak:-Canoe:-Kayak:-Medals table:...

; K-1: 1967

1967 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 1967 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Lipno nad Vltavou, Czechoslovakia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. The mixed C-2 team event was not held after having been done so at the previous championships.-Canoe:-Kayak:...

, 1969

1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bourg St.-Maurice, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. The mixed C-2 team event returned for the third and final time after not being held at the previous championships...

), five silvers (K-1: 1971

1971 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 1971 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Meran, Italy under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time. The mixed C-2 team event was discontinued following the 1969 championships...

, K-1 team: 1965

1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Spittal, Austria under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time after hosting the event previously in 1963. It also marked some changes in which the folding kayak events were replaced by standard kayaks for the...

, 1967, 1969, Folding K-1 team: 1963) and two bronzes (K-1 team: 1971, 1975

1975 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 1975 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Skopje, Yugoslavia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation.-Canoe:-Kayak:-Canoe:-Kayak:-Medals table:-References:****...

).

Polesná also finished 16th in the K-1

Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Women's slalom K-1

These are the results of the women's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by one-person kayaks through a whitewater course. The venue for the 1972 Olympic competition was in Augsburg....

 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

 in Munich

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