Lukáš Pollert


Lukáš Pollert is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C1 event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1996.
Pollert also won a silver medal in the C1 event at the 1997 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Três Coroas and the overall World Cup title in the C1 category in 1993. At the European Championships he won a total of four medals.
He took part in the Velvet Revolution in 1989 in Czechoslovakia which Pollert later considered more important to him than the gold medal he won at Barcelona three years later.
Being a Doctor of Medicine, Pollert retired in 2000 and is nowadays active in his career of a GP in ER of Prague's Military Hospital. He has published several books of interviews with other top Czech sportsmen and is an active videoblogger on the website. With his partner, Pavla, he has six children, three sons and three daughters.
His sister is actress Klára Pollertová.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
199130 Jun 1991Mezzana3rdC1
199223 Feb 1992Launceston1stC1
199325 Jul 1993Lofer1stC1
199321 Aug 1993Minden1stC1
199331 Aug 1993Ocoee3rdC1
199417 Jul 1994La Seu d'Urgell1stC1
199418 Sep 1994Asahi, Aichi2ndC1
19952 Jul 1995Tacen1stC1
19959 Jul 1995Mezzana2ndC1
199625 Aug 1996Prague2ndC1
199814 Jun 1998Liptovský Mikuláš3rdC1
199813 Sep 1998La Seu d'Urgell3rdC1
199920 Jun 1999Tacen1stC1
199924 Jun 1999Tacen1stC1