Karel Neffe

{{Short description|Czech rower (1948–2020)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|7|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Prague

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| relatives = Karel Neffe Jr. (son)

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| height = 194 cm

| weight = 92 kg

| sport = Rowing

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{{MedalCountry | {{TCH}}}}

{{MedalSport | Men's rowing}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1972 Munich|Coxed four}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze | 1977 Amsterdam | Coxed pair}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships}}

{{MedalBronze | 1973 Moscow | Coxed four}}

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Karel Neffe (6 July 1948 – 13 February 2020) was a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Prague in 1948{{Cite sports-reference |title = Karel Neffe |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/karel-neffe-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063512/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/karel-neffe-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 9 April 2018 }} and is the father of Karel Neffe Jr.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Karel Neffe, Jr. |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/karel-neffe-jr-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063641/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/karel-neffe-jr-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 9 April 2018 }}

In 1972 he was a crew member of the Czechoslovak boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event. Four years later he finished fourth with the Czechoslovak boat in the 1976 coxed fours competition. At the 1980 Games he was part of the Czechoslovak boat which finished fourth in the eight contest.