Miroslav Šimek

Miroslav Šimek

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	C2
World Championships
	1985 Augsburg	C2 team
	1987 Bourg St.-Maurice	C2 team
	1989 Savage River	C2 team
	1991 Tacen	C2
	1991 Tacen	C2 team
Representing  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	C2
World Championships
	1993 Mezzana	C2
	1993 Mezzana	C2 team
	1995 Nottingham	C2 team
	1997 Três Coroas	C2 team
	1997 Três Coroas	C2
European Championships
	1996 Augsburg	C2

Miroslav Šimek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪroslaf ˈʃɪmɛk], born 27 January 1959 in Turnov) is a Czechoslovak-Czech slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals in the C2 event, earning them in 1992 and 1996.

Šimek also won a complete set of medals in the C2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 1993, a silver in 1991, and a bronze in 1997. He earned seven other medals in the C2 team event (3 golds and 4 silvers).

He won the overall World Cup title in the C2 category six consecutive times between 1990 and 1995. He has also won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 1996 European Championships.

His partner in the boat during most of his active career was Jiří Rohan.

World Cup individual podiums[]

References[]

• Miroslav Simek at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-02-09)
• 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)
• Miroslav Šimek at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

External links[]

• Miroslav Simek at Olympics.com
• Miroslav Simek at Olympic.org (archived)
• Miroslav Šimek at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
• Miroslav Šimek at Olympic.cz (in Czech) (archived)

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