Jiří Zavřel
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| Born | 2 October 1910 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 September 1987 (aged 76) San Diego, California, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Zita Kabátová | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
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Jiří Zavřel (2 October 1910 – 8 September 1987) was a Czechoslovak rower. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with the men's single sculls where he was eliminated in the round one repêchage.
On 3 May 1947, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for wartime espionage for Germany.
In 1956, he married the actress Zita Kabátová; she was the niece of the actor and writer Josef Šváb-Malostranský. They had a child the following year who they named Jiří.