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Ondřej Štěpánek

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Ondřej Štěpánek
Ondřej Štěpánek
Personal information
Born (1979-11-28) 28 November 1979 (age 45)
Brandýs nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
CountryCzech Republic
SportCanoe slalom
EventC2
Retired2013
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 6 3 0
European Championships 6 5 2
Junior World Championships 2 0 1
Total 14 9 4
Representing  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing C2
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens C2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 La Seu d'Urgell C2 team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Augsburg C2 team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Prague C2
Gold medal – first place 2006 Prague C2 team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Foz do Iguaçu C2 team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Prague C2 team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Augsburg C2
Silver medal – second place 2010 Tacen C2 team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Prague C2
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Roudnice nad Labem C2 team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Skopje C2
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tacen C2
Gold medal – first place 2009 Nottingham C2 team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Bratislava C2 team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Augsburg C2
Silver medal – second place 1998 Roudnice nad Labem C2
Silver medal – second place 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš C2
Silver medal – second place 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš C2 team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Bratislava C2
Silver medal – second place 2012 Augsburg C2 team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Bratislava C2
Bronze medal – third place 2006 L'Argentière-la-Bessée C2 team
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Lipno C2
Gold medal – first place 1996 Lipno C2 team
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Wausau C2

Ondřej Štěpánek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈondr̝ɛj ˈʃcɛpaːnɛk]) (born 28 November 1979 in Brandýs nad Labem)[1] is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1994 to 2013. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C2 event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.

Štěpánek also won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds (C2: 2006; C2 team: 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2013) and three silvers (C2: 2003, 2013; C2 team: 2010).[2]

He is the overall World Cup champion in C2 from 2005. He also won a total of 13 medals at the European Championships (6 golds, 5 silvers and 2 bronzes).[2]

His partner in the C2 boat throughout the whole of his career was Jaroslav Volf.

Ondřej Štěpánek (right) & Jaroslav Volf at the 2012 Summer Olympics

World Cup individual podiums

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1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
C2 7 6 2 15
Season Date Venue Position Event
1998 14 June 1998 Liptovský Mikuláš 2nd C2
1999 24 June 1999 Tacen 2nd C2
2000 23 July 2000 Prague 3rd C2
2002 4 August 2002 Prague 1st C2
2003 31 July 2003 Bratislava 2nd C2
2004 25 April 2004 Athens 1st C2
17 July 2004 Augsburg 1st C2
2005 26 June 2005 Tacen 1st C21
10 July 2005 Athens 1st C2
24 July 2005 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd C2
2006 3 June 2006 Augsburg 2nd C2
5 August 2006 Prague 1st C22
2007 18 March 2007 Foz do Iguaçu 1st C23
2009 11 July 2009 Augsburg 3rd C2
2010 27 June 2010 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd C2
1 European Championship counting for World Cup points
2 World Championship counting for World Cup points
3 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

References

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  1. ^ "Ondřej Štěpánek". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Ondrej STEPANEK (CZE)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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