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).
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| World Championships | ||
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1983 Tampere | C-1 10000 m |
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1985 Mechelen | C-1 10000 m |
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1982 Belgrade | C-1 10000 m |
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1981 Nottingham | C-1 1000 m |
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1981 Nottingham | C-2 10000 m |
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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
edit- 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.
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