Luděk Beneš

Luděk Beneš

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing Czechoslovakia
World Championships
	1955 Tacen	C1 team
	1959 Geneva	C1 team
	1965 Spittal	C1 team
	1955 Tacen	C1
	1965 Spittal	C1
	1957 Augsburg	C1 team

Luděk Beneš (1937-2016) was a slalom canoeist who competed for Czechoslovakia from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, specializing in the C1 discipline. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C1 team: 1955, 1959, 1965), two silvers (C1: 1955, 1965) and a bronze (C1 team: 1957).

Beneš was born in Blovice and died on 9 August 2016 at the age of 78.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived November 9, 2009)