Erik Vlček
Personal information
NationalitySlovak
Born (1981-12-29) 29 December 1981
Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
CountrySlovakia
SportSprint kayak
Event(s)K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m
ClubSKP Bratislava
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Slovakia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroK-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2004 AthensK-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoK-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 SevilleK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2002 SevilleK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2003 GainesvilleK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2003 GainesvilleK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2006 SzegedK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2007 DuisburgK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2011 SzegedK-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2014 MoscowK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2014 MoscowK-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2015 MilanK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2005 ZagrebK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2009 DartmouthK-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place2018 Montemor-o-VelhoK-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2001 PoznańK-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2007 DuisburgK-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2009 DartmouthK-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2019 SzegedK-4 500 m
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 MinskK-4 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 MilanK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2002 SzegedK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2002 SzegedK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2005 PoznańK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2006 RačiceK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2006 RačiceK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2007 PontevedraK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2007 PontevedraK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2008 MilanK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2008 MilanK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2016 MoscowK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2000 PoznańK-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place2001 MilanK-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place2009 BrandenburgK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2011 BelgradeK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2015 RačiceK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2016 MoscowK-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place2017 PlovdivK-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2012 ZagrebK-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2014 BrandenburgK-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2017 PlovdivK-4 1000 m

Erik Vlček (Hungarian: Vlcsek Erik; born 29 December 1981) is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He is a member of the Hungarian community in Slovakia.[1] Since 2023 he has served as an MP of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.[2]

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).[3]

Political career

Vlček was a city councillor in Komárno, running as an independent candidate in 2022. On 25 April 2023, it was announced that Vlček would run for HLAS-SD in 2023 parliamentary elections.

References

  1. ↑ https://index.hu/sport/kajak-kenu/2016/07/01/szlovak-magyar_kajaknegyes_hajra_do_to_ho Three Hungarians could bring the historical gold for Slovakia
  2. ↑ "Do parlamentu sa dostal aj boxer Tanko. Prekrúžkoval sa aj olympionik Vlček". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "VLCEK Erik". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.


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