Erik Vlček

Erik Vlček

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Slovakia
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	K-4 1000 m
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	K-4 1000 m
	2004 Athens	K-4 1000 m
World Championships
	2002 Seville	K-4 500 m
	2002 Seville	K-4 1000 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-4 500 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-4 1000 m
	2006 Szeged	K-4 500 m
	2007 Duisburg	K-4 500 m
	2011 Szeged	K-2 1000 m
	2014 Moscow	K-2 500 m
	2014 Moscow	K-2 1000 m
	2015 Milan	K-4 1000 m
	2005 Zagreb	K-4 1000 m
	2009 Dartmouth	K-4 200 m
	2001 Poznań	K-4 500 m
	2007 Duisburg	K-4 1000 m
	2009 Dartmouth	K-4 1000 m
European Championships
	2016 Moscow	K-4 1000 m
	2011 Belgrade	K-2 500 m
	2016 Moscow	K-4 500 m
	2012 Zagreb	K-2 1000 m
	2014 Brandenburg	K-2 1000 m

Erik Vlček (born 29 December 1981 in Komárno) is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. 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).

Vlček belongs to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.

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