Czechoslovak canoeist and speed canoeist (1914–1982).
Born May 19th, 1914 in Prague.
Died June 16th, 1982 at 68 years old in Prague.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel