Róbert Erban

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold 2006 Szeged K-4 500 m
Silver 2005 Zagreb K-4 500 m
Silver 2005 Zagreb K-4 1000 m
Bronze 1991 Paris K-2 10000 m

Róbert Erban (born 9 July 1972 in Piešťany) is a Czechoslovak-Slovak sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s (decade). He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 500 m: 2006 for Slovakia), two silvers (K-4 500 m and K-4 1000 m: both 2005 for Slovakia), and a bronze (K-2 10000 m: 1991 for Czechoslovakia).

Erban also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth twice in the K-4 1000 m event (1992 for Czechoslovakia, 2000 for Slovakia).

A member of the ŠKP club in Bratislava, e is 188 cm (6'2") tall and weighs 85 kg (187 lbs).

References

1977: Poland (Ryszard Oborski, Daniel Wełna, Grzegorz Kołtan, & Henryk Budzicz) * 1978: East Germany (Frank-Peter Bischof, Bernd Duvigneau, Roland Graupner, & Harald Marg) * 1979: East Germany (Bernd Duvigneau, Harald Marg, Jürgen Dittrich, & Roland Graupner) * 1981: Soviet Union (Igor Gaydamaka, Sergey Krivozheyev, Igor Polianis, & Aleksandr Vodovatov) * 1982: Soviet Union (Sergey Krivozheyev, Igor Gaydamaka, Sergey Kolokolov, & Aleksandr Vodovatov) * 1983: East Germany (Andreas Stähle, Peter Hempel, Harald Marg, & Rüdiger Helm) * 1985: East Germany (André Wohllebe, Frank Fischer, Peter Hempel, & Heiko Zinke) * 1986: East Germany (Andreas Stähle, Frank Fischer, André Wohllebe, & Jens Fiedler) * 1987: Soviet Union (Aleksandr Motuzenko, Sergey Kirsanov, Arturas Veta, & Viktor Denisov) * 1989: Soviet Union (Viktor Denisov, Sergey Kirsanov, Aleksandr Motuzenko, & Viktor Pusev) * 1990: Soviet Union (Oleg Gorobiy, Sergey Kirsanov, Aleksandr Motuzenko, & Viktor Pusev) * 1991: Germany (Detlef Hofmann, Oliver Kegel, Thomas Reineck, & André Wohllebe) * 1993: Russia (Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Aleksandr Ivanik, & Oleg Gorobiy) * 1994: Russia (Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Sergey Verlin, & Oleg Gorobiy) * 1995: Russia (Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Sergey Verlin, & Oleg Gorobiy) * 1997: Hungary (Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, & Robert Hegedus) * 1998: Germany (Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach, & Stefan Ulm) * 1999: Germany (Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach, & Stefan Ulm) * 2001: Russia (Roman Zarubin, Aleksandr Ivanik, Denys Tourtchenkov, & Andrey Tissin) * 2002: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, & Juraj Bača) * 2003: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, & Juraj Bača) * 2005: Belarus (Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Dziamyan Turchyn, & Vadzim Makhneu) * 2006: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Róbert Erban, & Erik Vlček) * 2007: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, & Juraj Tarr)