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Vítězslav Gebas

Canoe slalom racer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 31, 2025
Entity authorityQ7944817 ↗
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Vítězslav Gebas (Czech pronunciation: [ˈviːcɛslav ˈɡɛbas]; born 24 March 1984 in Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed since the early 2000s.

He won two medals in the C1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 2014 and a bronze in 2011. He also won one silver and two bronzes in the C1 team event at the European Championships.

Gebas finished fourth in the C1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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