FUKSA Martin

Olympic Games

Year	Location	C1 200m	C1 1000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	9	5

World Championships

Year	Location	C1 200m	C1 500m	C1 1000m	C2 500m	C2 1000m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	-	5	-	9
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	-	3	2	11	-
2017	Racice, CZE	-	1	2	-	-
2015	Milan, ITA	-	1	2	-	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	-	3	2	-	-
2011	Szeged, HUN	12	6	-	-	-

European Games

Year	Location	C1 200m	C1 1000m	C2 1000m
2019	Minsk, BLR	11	9	6

European Championships

Year	Location	C1 200m	C1 500m	C1 1000m
2021	Poznan, POL	-	1	1
2018	Belgrade, SRB	7	1	1
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	4	1	2

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	C1 1000m	C2 1000m
2021	1 x 3rd	1 x 4th
2019	2 x 2nd	-
2018	2 x 1st, 1 x 2nd	-
2017	3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2018	Canoe Single 1000m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	3:42.385
1	2018	Canoe Single 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:44.989
1	2017	Canoe Single 1000m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	3:46.996
1	2017	Canoe Single 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:45.624
1	2017	Canoe Single 1000m	World Cup	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	3:46.048
2	2019	Canoe Single 1000m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	3:48.887
2	2019	Canoe Single 1000m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	3:46.346
2	2018	Canoe Single 1000m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	3:49.625
2	2017	Canoe Single 1000m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	3:51.303
3	2021	Canoe Single 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	4:01.15

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Fuksic (tyden.cz, 24 Aug 2015)

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Athlete

Czech, English

ASC Dukla Praha [Czech Republic]

Pavel Hottmar [national], CZE; Petr Fuksa [father], CZE; Josef Fuksa [grandfather], CZE

His brother Petr Jr. has represented the Czech Republic in canoe sprint. He and Martin competed in the same boat together at the 2018 World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, and the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. His father Petr Sr. competed in canoe sprint at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, while his grandfather Josef won a gold medal [as a helmsman] in dragon boat racing at the 2005 World Games in Duisburg, Germany. (SportsDeskOnline, 19 Aug 2019; martin-fuksa.cz, 10 Jun 2018; canoeracice.com, 28 Aug 2017)

He took up the sport at age 14 in Nymburk, Czech Republic. Before that, he played ice hockey. (martin-fuksa.cz, 10 Jun 2018; canoeracice.com, 28 Aug 2017)

He played ice hockey when he was younger. However, both his grandfather and his father had competed in paddling sports at international level and he eventually took up canoe sprint. "I played [ice hockey] until I was nine and loved it. I didn't enjoy canoeing. My grandfather would always ask me to train and I'd say, 'No, I don't enjoy it, I want to play ice hockey!' Then something changed, the people on the water started to seem very cool." (martin-fuksa.cz, 10 Jun 2018; canoeracice.com, 28 Aug 2017; refresher.sk, 05 Mar 2016)

To compete alongside his brother Petr at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tyden.cz, 17 May 2019)

Winning a silver medal in the C1 1000m at the 2014 World Championships in Moscow, Russian Federation. (canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2019)

His father Petr, Czech ice hockey player Jaromir Jagr. (martin-fuksa.cz, 10 Jun 2018)

His family. (redbull.com, 12 Oct 2014)

"Work while they are having fun." (martin-fuksa.cz, 10 Jun 2018)

He was named the 2018 Flat and Wildwater Paddler of the Year by the Czech Canoe Union. (canoe-europe.org, 21 Nov 2018)

He was named the 2014 U23 Army Athlete of the Year. (martin-fuksa.cz, 2014)

He was named the 2013 Most Successful Athlete of the Year in Central Bohemia, Czech Republic. (martin-fuksa.cz, 2014)

He was named the 2010 Junior Athlete of the Year in Nymburk, Czech Republic. (martin-fuksa.cz, 2014)