During the 1960s and 1970s Czechoslovak rower Pavel Svojanovský won medals at the Olympic Games, the World Championships, and the European Championships, sharing his success with his younger brother Oldřich. The Svojanovský brothers were part of the eight crew that finished fifth at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The following year they rowed in the coxed pairs at the 1969 European Championships where they won gold, before winning silver in the same event at the 1971 Championships. Now favouring the pairs, the brothers then won their first Olympic medal when they finished second at the 1972 München Games. The pair returned to the European Championships in 1973 where they came fourth, before winning bronze at the 1974 World Championships. The Svojanovskýs won their final medal at a major international event with bronze at the 1976 Montréal Olympics. After retiring in 1978 Pavel worked in car sales and insurance in addition to coaching a junior hockey team for a short time. In October 2012 he became a member of the board of the Czech Olympians Club.
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