Erik Vlček
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Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing Slovakia | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2008 Beijing | K-4 1000 m | |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | K-4 1000 m | |
2004 Athens | K-4 1000 m | |
World Championships | ||
2002 Seville | K-4 500 m | |
2002 Seville | K-4 1000 m | |
2003 Gainesville | K-4 500 m | |
2003 Gainesville | K-4 1000 m | |
2006 Szeged | K-4 500 m | |
2007 Duisburg | K-4 500 m | |
2011 Szeged | K-2 1000 m | |
2014 Moscow | K-2 500 m | |
2014 Moscow | K-2 1000 m | |
2015 Milan | K-4 1000 m | |
2005 Zagreb | K-4 1000 m | |
2009 Dartmouth | K-4 200 m | |
2001 Poznań | K-4 500 m | |
2007 Duisburg | K-4 1000 m | |
2009 Dartmouth | K-4 1000 m | |
European Championships | ||
2016 Moscow | K-4 1000 m | |
2011 Belgrade | K-2 500 m | |
2016 Moscow | K-4 500 m | |
2012 Zagreb | K-2 1000 m | |
2014 Brandenburg | K-2 1000 m |
Erik Vlček (born 29 December 1981 in Komárno) is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008, 2016 and a bronze in 2004.
Vlček also won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with ten golds (K-4 500 m: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007; K-4 1000 m: 2002, 2003, 2015; K-2 1000 m: 2011, 2014 and K-2 500 m: 2014), two silvers (K-4 200 m: 2009, K-4 1000 m: 2005), and three bronzes (K-4 500 m: 2001, K-4 1000 m: 2007, 2009).
He has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since August 2002. Vlček is a member of the ŠKP club in Bratislava. He is 189 cm (6'2") tall and weighs 89 kg (196 lb).[1]
Vlček belongs to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.[2]
References
- ↑ "VLCEK Erik". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ↑ Nagy, Myrtil (2012). "Maďari". In Myrtil Nagy. Naše národnostné menšiny. Šamorín: Fórum inštitút pre výskum menšín. p. 9. ISBN 978-80-89249-57-2.
External links
- Canoe09.ca profile
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.
- Sports-reference.com profile