Jiří Prskavec (canoeist, born 1993)

Jiří Prskavec

Prskavec at the 2016 European Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Czech
Born	(1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 28) Mělník, Czech Republic
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Czech Republic
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event(s)	K1
Club	USK Praha
show Medal record Representing the  Czech Republic Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo K1 2016 Rio de Janeiro K1 World Championships 2015 London K1 2015 London K1 team 2017 Pau K1 team 2019 La Seu d'Urgell K1 2013 Prague K1 2014 Deep Creek Lake K1 team 2018 Rio de Janeiro K1 2019 La Seu d'Urgell K1 team 2018 Rio de Janeiro K1 team European Championships 2013 Kraków K1 2013 Kraków K1 team 2014 Vienna K1 2016 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 2016 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 team 2017 Tacen K1 team 2018 Prague K1 team 2019 Pau K1 team 2020 Prague K1 2021 Ivrea K1 team 2020 Prague K1 team 2011 La Seu d'Urgell K1 2017 Tacen K1 2018 Prague K1 Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore K1 U23 World Championships 2012 Wausau K1 2015 Foz do Iguaçu K1 2015 Foz do Iguaçu K1 team 2013 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 2012 Wausau K1 team 2014 Penrith K1 U23 European Championships 2015 Kraków K1 2012 Solkan K1 team 2014 Skopje K1 Junior World Championships 2010 Foix K1 team Junior European Championships 2010 Markkleeberg K1 2010 Markkleeberg K1 team 2011 Banja Luka K1

Jiří Prskavec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈpr̩skavɛts]; born 18 May 1993) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008.

Career[]

Prskavec won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro^[1] and gold at the K1 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.^[2]

He won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds (K1: 2015, 2019; K1 team: 2015, 2017), four silvers (K1: 2013, 2018; K1 team: 2014, 2019) and a bronze (K1 team: 2018). He also won ten gold, one silver and three bronze medals at the European Championships.^[3]

Prskavec won the overall World Cup title in the K1 class in 2018 and 2019.

Prskavec competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics where he won bronze in the K1 slalom event.

His father Jiří is a former slalom canoeist and a medalist from World and European Championships.^[4]

Results[]

World Cup individual podiums[]

Complete World Cup results[]

Year	WC1	WC2	WC3	WC4	WC5	Points	Position
2008	Continent 19	Prague	Tacen	Augsburg		24	93rd
2010	Continent 23	Prague	La Seu	Augsburg		20	81st
2011	Tacen 14	L'Argentière 6	Markkleeberg	Prague 6		115	8th
2012	Cardiff	Pau	La Seu	Prague	Bratislava 55	2	100th
2013	Cardiff 5	Augsburg 6	La Seu 37	Tacen	Bratislava	93	17th
2014	Lee Valley 13	Tacen 32	Prague 2	La Seu 11	Augsburg 19	186	6th
2015	Prague 1	Kraków 15	Liptovský Mikuláš 15	La Seu	Pau	120	22nd
2016	Ivrea	La Seu	Pau	Prague 1	Tacen	60	42nd
2017	Prague 2	Augsburg 3	Markkleeberg 6	Ivrea	La Seu 3	247	4th
2018	Liptovský Mikuláš 4	Kraków 3	Augsburg 2	Tacen 2	La Seu 3	304	1st
2019	Lee Valley 2	Bratislava 4	Tacen 3	Markkleeberg 3	Prague 1	319	1st
2021	Prague 1	Markkleeberg	La Seu	Pau		60*	20th*

* Season still in progress.

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jiří Prskavec.

• Jiří Prskavec at the International Canoe Federation
• Jiří Prskavec at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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