Martin Doktor

Medal record
Martin Doktor in 2005
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	C-1 500 m
Gold	1996 Atlanta	C-1 1000 m
World Championships
Gold	1997 Dartmouth	C-1 500 m
Gold	1998 Szeged	C-1 200 m
Silver	1995 Dusiburg	C-1 500 m
Silver	1995 Dusiburg	C-1 1000 m
Silver	1997 Dartmouth	C-1 200 m
Silver	1997 Dartmouth	C-1 1000 m
Silver	1998 Szeged	C-1 1000 m
Silver	1999 Milan	C-1 200 m
Silver	1999 Milan	C-1 500 m
Silver	2001 Poznań	C-1 1000 m
Silver	2003 Gainesville	C-1 200 m
Bronze	1998 Szeged	C-4 1000 m
Bronze	1999 Milan	C-1 1000 m
Bronze	2003 Gainesville	C-1 500 m

Martin Doktor (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarcɪn ˈdoktor]) (born 21 May 1974 in Polička, Czechoslovakia) is the Czech Republic's best-known sprint 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 (Czech)), using dozens of kg of flour brought over from the Czech Republic.

Doktor went on to win 14 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, including two golds (C-1 200 m: 1998, C-1 500 m: 1997), nine silvers (C-1 200 m: 1997, 1999, 2003; C-1 500 m: 1995, 1999; C-1 1000 m: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001), and three bronzes (C-1 500 m: 2003, C-1 1000 m: 1999, C-4 1000 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 Canoe Sprint 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

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• 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.

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Name	Doktor, Martin
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Date of birth	21 May 1974
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