Erik Vlček
![]() Vlček in 2015 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Slovak |
Born | Komárno, Czechoslovakia | 29 December 1981
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Slovakia |
Sport | Sprint kayak |
Event(s) | K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m |
Club | SKP Bratislava |
Medal record |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ "Do parlamentu sa dostal aj boxer Tanko. Prekrúžkoval sa aj olympionik Vlček". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "VLCEK Erik". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Erik Vlček at the International Canoe Federation
- Erik Vlček at Olympedia
- Erik Vlček at Olympics.com
- Erik Vlček at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)
- Erik Vlček at the Slovenský Olympijský Výbor (in Slovak)
- "Canoe09.ca profile". Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- 1981 births
- Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic canoeists for Slovakia
- Olympic silver medalists for Slovakia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Slovakia
- Slovak male canoeists
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Sportspeople from Komárno
- Hungarians in Slovakia
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
- Canoeists at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in canoeing
- European Games bronze medalists for Slovakia
- Canoeists at the 2023 European Games
- 21st-century Slovak politicians
- Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2023–2027
- Slovak canoeist stubs
- Slovak sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs