Jiří Vrdlovec (born 29 June 1956) is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed in the early to mid-1980s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-1 10000 m: 1983, 1985), one silver (C-1 10000 m: 1982, and three bronzes (C-1 1000 m: 1981, 1983; C-2 10000 m: 1981).

Jiří Vrdlovec
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Tampere C-1 10000 m
Gold medal – first place 1985 Mechelen C-1 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1982 Belgrade C-1 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Nottingham C-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Nottingham C-2 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Tampere C-1 1000 m

Vrdlovec also competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where he finished fifth in both the C-2 500 m and C-2 1000 m events.

References

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  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jiří Vrdlovec". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-07-06.