Erik Vlček

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Erik Vlček
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver 2008 Beijing K-4 1000 m
Bronze 2004 Athens K-4 1000 m
World Championships
Gold 2002 Seville K-4 500 m
Gold 2002 Seville K-4 1000 m
Gold 2003 Gainesville K-4 500 m
Gold 2003 Gainesville K-4 1000 m
Gold 2006 Szeged K-4 500 m
Gold 2007 Duisburg K-4 500 m
Gold 2011 Szeged K-2 1000 m
Silver 2005 Zagreb K-4 1000 m
Silver 2009 Dartmouth K-4 200 m
Bronze 2001 Poznań K-4 500 m
Bronze 2007 Duisburg K-4 1000 m
Bronze 2009 Dartmouth K-4 1000 m
European Championships
Silver 2011 Belgrade K-2 500 m
Bronze 2012 Zagreb K-2 1000 m

Erik Vlček (born December 29, 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 eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with six golds (K-4 500 m: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007; K-4 1000 m: 2002, 2003), 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]

Footnotes

  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. 

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