Martin Doktor

Martin Doktor

Martin Doktor in 2005
Medal record
Men's flatwater canoeing
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	C-1 500 m
	1996 Atlanta	C-1 1000 m

Martin Doktor ['marcɪn 'doktor] (born May 21, 1974 in Polička, near Svitavy) is the Czech Republic's best-known flatwater canoer. He was double Olympic champion in the Canadian canoe C-1 discipline at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. During the 1996 games, his mother cooked knedliky (Dumplings in Template:Cs icon), using dozens of kg of flour brought over from the Czech Republic.

He went on to win two world championship gold medals (C-1 200 m 1997 and C-1 500 m 1998). He was also European C-1 1000 m champion in 1997 and 2000.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics Doktor was unfortunate not to add to his medal tally, coming in fourth in the C-1 1000 m final and fifth in the C-1 500 m.

His most recent medal success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won the C-1 200 m silver medal.

Doktor, nicknamed Boban, remains one of canoeing's most consistent performers. At the 2006 ICF Flatwater Racing World Championships he entered all three C-1 events, reaching the final in each. He finished fourth in the 200 m, fifth in the 500 m, and eighth in the 1000 m.

He is 178 cm (5'10") tall and weighs 78 kg (172 lbs).

References

• Sports-reference.com profile
• Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Singles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 479, 481.