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Jiří Prskavec (canoeist, born 1993)

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Jiří Prskavec
Prskavec in 2023
Personal information
NationalityCzech
Born (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31)
Mělník, Czech Republic
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
CountryCzech Republic
SportCanoe slalom
EventK1, C1, Kayak cross
ClubUSK Praha
Achievements and titles
Highest world rankingNo. 1 (2016)
Medal record
Representing the  Czech Republic
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 1
World Championships 5 5 1
European Championships 14 2 3
Youth Olympic Games 0 0 1
U23 World Championships 3 1 2
U23 European Championships 1 1 1
Junior World Championships 0 0 1
Junior European Championships 2 1 0
Total 26 10 10
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo K1
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 London K1
Gold medal – first place 2015 London K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pau K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2019 La Seu d'Urgell K1
Gold medal – first place 2023 London K1 team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Prague K1
Silver medal – second place 2014 Deep Creek Lake K1 team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Rio de Janeiro K1
Silver medal – second place 2019 La Seu d'Urgell K1 team
Silver medal – second place 2023 London K1
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Rio de Janeiro K1 team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków K1
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kraków K1
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kraków K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Vienna K1
Gold medal – first place 2016 Liptovský Mikuláš K1
Gold medal – first place 2016 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tacen K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Prague K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pau K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Prague K1
Gold medal – first place 2021 Ivrea K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Liptovský Mikuláš K1
Gold medal – first place 2022 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Tacen K1 team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Prague K1 team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Tacen C1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 La Seu d'Urgell K1
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tacen K1
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Prague K1
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Singapore K1
U23 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Wausau K1
Gold medal – first place 2015 Foz do Iguaçu K1
Gold medal – first place 2015 Foz do Iguaçu K1 team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Liptovský Mikuláš K1
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Wausau K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Penrith K1
U23 European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kraków K1
Silver medal – second place 2012 Solkan K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Skopje K1
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Foix K1 team
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Markkleeberg K1
Gold medal – first place 2010 Markkleeberg K1 team
Silver medal – second place 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, specializing in the K1 discipline. In 2023 he also started competing in C1. He also occasionally appears in kayak cross. With an Olympic gold and a bronze, 2 individual world titles and 5 individual European titles, he is one of the most successful K1 paddlers of his generation.

Career

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Prskavec competed at two Olympic games. In his first appearance he won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after touching one gate in the final.[1] He then won gold in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2] He has qualified for the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where he will be defending his title.

Prskavec won 11 medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships including five individual medals. He won gold in the K1 event in 2015 in London and then again in 2019 in La Seu d'Urgell. He also three silvers (2013, 2018 and 2023). The other six came from the K1 team events as part of the Czech team. These include three golds (2015, 2017, 2023), two silvers (2014, 2019) and a bronze (2018)[3]

Prskavec also won 19 medals (14 golds, 2 silver and 3 bronzes) at the European Championships. Nine of these medals are individual (6 golds and 3 bronzes), including a gold medal in the K1 event at the 2023 European Games in Kraków.[3]

Prskavec won the overall World Cup title in the K1 class a total of three times (2018, 2019 and 2022). He finished the 2016, 2019-2021 and 2023 seasons as the World No. 1.[4]

Prskavec started competing in the C1 discipline in 2023 and had immediate success. Just qualifying for the strong Czech national team was already considered an achievement.[5] He then shocked the canoeing world by winning bronze in his first ever international C1 appearance at a World Cup in Augsburg.[6][7]

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

Personal life

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His father Jiří is a former slalom canoeist and a medalist from World and European Championships.[8]

Career statistics

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Major championships results timeline

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Event 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Olympic Games K1 Not held Not held 3 Not held 1 Not held 8
Kayak cross Not held 11
World Championships C1 Not held Not held Not held 31 Not held
K1 10 Not held 2 18 1 Not held 19 2 1 Not held 11 5 2 Not held
Kayak cross Not held Not held 42 87 Not held
C1 team Not held Not held Not held 7 Not held
K1 team 5 Not held 4 2 1 Not held 1 3 2 Not held 4 4 1 Not held
European Championships C1 4[a] 6
K1 3 1 1 6 1 3 3 8 1 7 1 1[a] 9
C1 team 6[a] 2
K1 team 5 1 4 9 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 14[a] 1
  1. ^ a b c d 2023 European Games

World Cup individual podiums

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1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
C1 1 0 1 2
K1 9 5 7 21
Total 10 5 8 23
Season Date Venue Position Event
2014 21 June 2014 Prague 2nd K1
2015 20 June 2015 Prague 1st K1
2016 3 September 2016 Prague 1st K1
2017 17 June 2017 Prague 2nd K1
24 June 2017 Augsburg 3rd K1
9 September 2017 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd K1
2018 1 July 2018 Kraków 3rd K1
8 July 2018 Augsburg 2nd K1
31 August 2018 Tacen 2nd K1
9 September 2018 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd K1
2019 16 June 2019 Lee Valley 2nd K1
30 June 2019 Tacen 3rd K1
1 September 2019 Markkleeberg 3rd K1
8 September 2019 Prague 1st K1
2021 12 June 2021 Prague 1st K1
2022 18 June 2022 Kraków 3rd K1
25 June 2022 Tacen 1st K1
3 September 2022 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K1
2023 3 June 2023 Augsburg 3rd C1
9 June 2023 Prague 1st K1
17 June 2023 Tacen 1st K1
2024 8 June 2024 Prague 1st C1
20 September 2024 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K1

Complete World Cup results

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Year WC1 WC2 WC3 WC4 WC5 Points Position
2008 Continent Australia
19
Prague Czech Republic
 
Tacen Slovenia
 
Augsburg Germany
 
24 93rd
2010 Continent Australia
23
Prague Czech Republic
 
La Seu Spain
 
Augsburg Germany
 
20 81st
2011 Tacen Slovenia
14
L'Argentière France
6
Markkleeberg Germany
 
Prague Czech Republic
6
115 8th
2012 Cardiff United Kingdom
 
Pau France
 
La Seu Spain
 
Prague Czech Republic
 
Bratislava Slovakia
55
2 100th
2013 Cardiff United Kingdom
5
Augsburg Germany
6
La Seu Spain
37
Tacen Slovenia
 
Bratislava Slovakia
 
93 17th
2014 Lee Valley United Kingdom
13
Tacen Slovenia
32
Prague Czech Republic
2
La Seu Spain
11
Augsburg Germany
19
186 6th
2015 Prague Czech Republic
1
Kraków Poland
15
Liptovský Mikuláš Slovakia
15
La Seu Spain
 
Pau France
 
120 22nd
2016 Ivrea Italy
 
La Seu Spain
 
Pau France
 
Prague Czech Republic
1
Tacen Slovenia
 
60 42nd
2017 Prague Czech Republic
2
Augsburg Germany
3
Markkleeberg Germany
6
Ivrea Italy
 
La Seu Spain
3
247 4th
2018 Liptovský Mikuláš Slovakia
4
Kraków Poland
3
Augsburg Germany
2
Tacen Slovenia
2
La Seu Spain
3
304 1st
2019 Lee Valley United Kingdom
2
Bratislava Slovakia
4
Tacen Slovenia
3
Markkleeberg Germany
3
Prague Czech Republic
1
319 1st
2021 Prague Czech Republic
1
Markkleeberg Germany
 
La Seu Spain
 
Pau France
 
60 34th
2022 Prague Czech Republic
4
Kraków Poland
3
Tacen Slovenia
1
Pau France
5
La Seu Spain
1
317 1st
2023 K1 Augsburg Germany
5
Prague Czech Republic
1
Tacen Slovenia
1
La Seu Spain
28
Paris France
7
252 3rd
C1 3 9 17 17 5 222 5th

References

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  1. ^ a b Jiří Prskavec Archived 14 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. ^ "Dokázal to! Prskavec vybojoval olympijské zlato". PRÁVO. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Jiri PRSKAVEC (CZE)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  4. ^ "ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings". 14 September 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Olympijský vítěz na kajaku Prskavec se dostal do reprezentace i na kanoi". iDnes.cz (in Czech). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Prskavec válí na kánoi, dopadl líp než ve své parádní disciplíně. Bral bronz". isport.blesk.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  7. ^ "World's best show why they are the world's best". CanoeICF.com. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Jiří Prskavec". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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