Erik Vlček

Vlček in 2015
Personal information
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 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 2020 Tokyo K-4 500 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 2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 1000 m 2001 Poznań K-4 500 m 2007 Duisburg K-4 1000 m 2009 Dartmouth K-4 1000 m 2019 Szeged K-4 500 m European Games 2019 Minsk K-4 500 m European Championships 2001 Milan K-4 1000 m 2002 Szeged K-4 500 m 2002 Szeged K-4 1000 m 2005 Poznań K-4 1000 m 2006 Račice K-4 500 m 2006 Račice K-4 1000 m 2007 Pontevedra K-4 500 m 2007 Pontevedra K-4 1000 m 2008 Milan K-4 500 m 2008 Milan K-4 1000 m 2016 Moscow K-4 1000 m 2000 Poznań K-4 500 m 2001 Milan K-4 500 m 2009 Brandenburg K-4 1000 m 2011 Belgrade K-2 500 m 2015 Račice K-2 500 m 2016 Moscow K-4 500 m 2017 Plovdiv K-4 500 m 2012 Zagreb K-2 1000 m 2014 Brandenburg K-2 1000 m 2017 Plovdiv K-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]

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.

• 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.