title: Ota Kroutil
text: # Ota Kroutil
  
  Otakar "Ota" Kroutil (born 31 December 1921 in Dobřichovice) was a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London.
  
  Kroutil also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-2 1000 m event at London in 1948.
  
  