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Ondřej Synek

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Ondřej Synek is a Czech former rower born in Stará Boleslav in 1982 who retired in September 2021. He won the single sculls world title five times, in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017. He took Olympic silver in Beijing in 2008 and in London in 2012, and bronze in Rio in 2016, but never won Olympic gold. With 13 world and Olympic single sculls medals he is the most successful single sculler in history not to win an Olympic title, and he missed Tokyo 2020 after announcing in June 2021 that he would not go.

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    is a Czech former rower
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    He is a five-time World Champion in Single Sculls
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