Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Václav Havel (October 5, 1920 - December 14, 1979) was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. He won a silver medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.Havel also won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen.He also competed in slalom canoeing, winning three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in the C-2 event. This included two silvers (1957, 1959) and a bronze (1951).