Martin Doktor

This article is about the Czech canoeist. For the Slovak footballer, see Martin Doktor (footballer).

Martin Doktor (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarcɪn ˈdoktor]; born 21 May 1974 in Polička, Czechoslovakia) is the Czech Republic's best-known sprint canoeist. 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.

Martin Doktor

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

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).

Decorations

Awarded by Czech Republic

• Medal of Merit (2024)^[1]

References

1. "PŘEHLEDNĚ: Seznam všech vyznamenaných". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Martin Doktor at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• 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.

Awards
Preceded by Jan Železný	Czech Athlete of the Year 1996	Succeeded by Tomáš Dvořák