Patrick Rocek

Patrick Rocek (born 29 December 1998) is an Italian world champion rower. He won the 2022 world championship title in the Italian men's lightweight quad scull after earlier winning gold that season at the 2022 European Rowing Championships.

Biography
His mother Jana Tyrolova was a volleyball national team for the then Czechoslovakia, her father Jaroslav "Jaro" Rocek is a former rower. His twin sister Aisha Rocek is also a rover. Both parents came to Italy from Czechoslovakia in 1981.