Personal information | |
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Nationality | Slovak |
Born | (1981-12-29) 29 December 1981 (age 42) Komárno, Czechoslovakia |
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. Since 2023 he has served as an MP of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.
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).
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※
- ^ 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※
- 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.
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- 1981 births
- Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic canoeists for Slovakia
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