Vavrinec Hradilek
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Czech this out! Dec 7, 2009
Breaking into an old treatment works and going underground, Vavra Hradilek shows another way of getting to the beautiful historic centre of Czech capital Prague.
Dam buster Oct 21, 2009
Local kayaker Vavrinec Hradilek tackles the annual river surge of the Lipno Dam, Czech Republic. It charges 8km downstream to the river basin, creating the most fearsome conditions in the country on...
Me and My Body: Vavrinec Hradilek Aug 5, 2009
Twenty-two-year-old white water kayaker Vavra Hradilek is busy tuning his body for the 2012 Olympics. His recipe for success? Salt, ice and Czech food
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About Vavrinec
Vavrinec Hradílek has reached the top echelons of kayaking, winning the K1 class in the 2007 World Cup and competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. With the London Games already on his mind, he plans next year to begin cryotherapy – sitting for two minutes effectively surrounded by ice in -100-degree temperatures in a kind of ‘reverse sauna’ – and visiting therapeutic salt caves in his native Prague as preparation for 2012. Vavra’s had asthma from birth, but sees this as something to keep at bay with sport rather than to prevent him from competing, and this attitude has clearly paid off. His favourite food is Czech, but he’s fit enough that he’ll have a burger if he feels like it!
