Erik Vlček

Erik Vlček

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Competitor for  Slovakia
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	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
	2011 Belgrade	K-2 500 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 three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.

Vlček also won fourteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with nine golds (K-4 500 m: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007; K-4 1000 m: 2002, 2003; 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 188 cm (6'2") tall and weighs 84 kg (185 lb).

Vlček belongs to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.^[1]

References

1. 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