Ota Kroutil

Otakar "Ota" Kroutil (born 31 December 1921 in Dobřichovice – 1997) 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. He died in 1997.

Kroutil also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-2 1000 m event at London in 1948.