Miloslav Duffek
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's slalom canoeing | ||
Representing  Switzerland
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| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1955 Tacen | Folding K-1 |
Miloslav Duffek is a former Czechoslovak-Swiss slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a silver medal in the folding K-1 event at the 1955 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Tacen.[1]
Duffek popularized the bow draw stroke, aka "Duffek Stroke", as an effective means of pivoting a kayak. Before the bow stroke was popularized, only forward and reverse sweep strokes were generally used to turn a kayak. The Duffek Stroke turned a multi-stroke operation into a single stroke, which could then be combined with a forward stroke to continue momentum.
References
- ↑ "Overview of athlete's results at canoeslalom.net". Retrieved 26 January 2014.
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