Oldřich Svojanovský: key obituary facts
Is Oldřich Svojanovský dead? Yes. Oldřich Svojanovský died on November 11, 2026, at age 80.
Cause of death: Oldřich Svojanovský's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Oldřich Svojanovský known for?
He was a Czechoslovak rower.
More about Oldřich Svojanovský
Born: 9 March 1946.
Place of birth: Otrokovice.
Gender: male.
Occupation: rower.
Nationality: Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic.
Also known as: Oldrich Svojanovsky.
Oldřich Svojanovský, a Czech rower known chiefly for competing in coxed pairs with his older brother, Pavel, died November 11, 2026, aged 80.
Born March 9, 1946, in Otrokovice, then in Czechoslovakia, he became part of a sibling partnership that won medals at Olympic, world and European level. The brothers also competed in the eights, finishing fifth in that event at the 1968 Olympics.
Their strongest results came in the coxed pairs, where they raced with different coxswains. They won European championship medals in 1969 and 1971, followed by Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976. Between those Games, the pair also took a world championship medal in 1974. The sequence of results carried their partnership from European competition to the world championships and two editions of the Olympics. Svojanovský’s record was centered on the coxed pairs, while the fifth-place finish in the eights in 1968 marked another result at the Games. Together, the cited achievements trace his international competition with Pavel from the 1968 Olympics through the 1976 Games.