Jiří Prskavec (canoeist, born 1993): Difference between revisions

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|[[ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|World Championships]]|5|5|1

|[[European Canoe Slalom Championships|European Championships]]|14|2|3

|[[Youth Olympic Games]]|0|0|1

|[[ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships|U23 World Championships]]|3|1|2

|[[European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships|U23 European Championships]]|1|1|1

|[[ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships|Junior World Championships]]|0|0|1

|[[European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships|Junior European Championships]]|2|1|0

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{{MedalGold|[[2024 European Canoe Slalom Championships|2024 Tacen]]|K1 team}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Tacen|C1 team}}

'''Jiří Prskavec''' ({{IPA-cs|ˈjɪr̝iː ˈpr̩skavɛts}}; born 18 May 1993) is a Czech [[Canoe slalom|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 ==

Prskavec competed at two Olympic games. In his first appearance he won a bronze medal in the [[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|K1 event]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]] after touching one gate in the final.<ref name=rio/> He then won gold in the [[Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|K1 event]] at the delayed [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.cz/olympiada/loh-2020-tokio/clanek/2597108-dokazal-to-prskavec-vybojoval-olympijske-zlato.html|title=Dokázal to! Prskavec vybojoval olympijské zlato|work=PRÁVO|date=30 July 2021|accessdate=30 July 2021}}</ref> 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 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|2015]] in [[Lee Valley White Water Centre|London]] and then again in [[2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|2019]] in [[Segre Olympic Park|La Seu d'Urgell]]. He also three silvers ([[2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|2013]], [[2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|2018]] and [[2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's K1|2023]]). The other six came from the K1 team events as part of the Czech team. These include three golds (2015, [[2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|2017]], [[2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's K1 team|2023]]), two silvers ([[2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|2014]], 2019) and a bronze (2018)<ref name="results">{{cite web|title=Jiri PRSKAVEC (CZE)|url=https://canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_12595p|website=CanoeSlalom.net|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref>

Prskavec also won 19 medals (14 golds, 2 silver and 3 bronzes) at the [[European Canoe Slalom Championships|European Championships]]. Nine of these medals are individual (6 golds and 3 bronzes), including a gold medal in the K1 event at the [[Canoe slalom at the 2023 European Games|2023 European Games]] in [[Kraków]].<ref name="results" />

Prskavec won the overall [[Canoe Slalom World Cup|World Cup]] title in the K1 class a total of three times ([[2018 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2018]], [[2019 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2019]] and [[2022 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2022]]). He finished the 2016, 2019-2021 and 2023 seasons as the [[ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings|World No. 1]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/icf-canoe-slalom-world-ranking |title=ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings |date=14 September 2016 |access-date=26 November 2023}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympijský vítěz na kajaku Prskavec se dostal do reprezentace i na kanoi |url=https://www.idnes.cz/sport/ostatni/vodni-slalom-troja-prskavec.A230514_161907_sporty_ald |website=iDnes.cz |date=14 May 2023 |access-date=6 December 2023 |language=cs}}</ref> He then shocked the canoeing world by winning bronze in his first ever international C1 appearance at a World Cup in Augsburg.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prskavec válí na kánoi, dopadl líp než ve své parádní disciplíně. Bral bronz |url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/ostatni-vodni-sporty-kanoistika/432469/prskavec-vali-na-kanoi-dopadl-lip-nez-ve-sve-paradni-discipline-bral-bronz.html |website=isport.blesk.cz |access-date=6 December 2023 |language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=World's best show why they are the world's best |url=https://www.canoeicf.com/news/worlds-best-show-why-they-are-worlds-best |website=CanoeICF.com |date=3 June 2023 |access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

== Career statistics ==

=== Major championships results timeline ===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style=font-size:90%

|-

! scope="col" colspan=2| Event

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

! scope="col" | 2013

! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015

! scope="col" | 2016

! scope="col" | 2017

! scope="col" | 2018

! scope="col" | 2019

! scope="col" | 2020

! scope="col" | 2021

! scope="col" | 2022

! scope="col" | 2023

|- style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" |[[List of Olympic medalists in canoeing (men)|Olympic Games]]

! scope="row" | K1

| Not held

| —

| colspan=3 |Not held

| style="background:#cc9966;" |[[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|'''3''']]

| colspan=4 |Not held

| style="background:gold;" |[[Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|'''1''']]

| colspan=2 |Not held

|- style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" rowspan=5| [[ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|World Championships]]

! scope="row"| C1

| —

| Not held

| —

| —

| —

| Not held

| —

| —

| —

| Not held

| —

| —

| [[2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's C1|31]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| K1

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|10]]

| Not held

| style="background:silver;" |[[2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|'''2''']]

| [[2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|18]]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|'''1''']]

| Not held

| [[2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|19]]

| style="background:silver;" |[[2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|'''2''']]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|'''1''']]

| Not held

| [[2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's K1|11]]

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's K1|5]]

| style="background:silver;" |[[2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's K1|'''2''']]

|- style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| Kayak cross

| colspan=6 |Not held

| —

| —

| —

| Not held

| [[2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's extreme slalom|42]]

| [[2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's extreme kayak|87]]

| —

|- style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| C1 team

| —

| Not held

| —

| —

| —

| Not held

| —

| —

| —

| Not held

| —

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's C1 team|7]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| K1 team

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|5]]

| Not held

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|4]]

| style="background:silver;" |[[2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|'''2''']]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|'''1''']]

| Not held

| style="background:gold;" |[[2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|'''1''']]

| style="background:#cc9966;" |[[2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|'''3''']]

| style="background:silver;" |[[2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|'''2''']]

| Not held

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Teams|4]]

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's K1 team|4]]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's K1 team|'''1''']]

|- style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" rowspan=4| [[European Canoe Slalom Championships|European Championships]]

! scope="row"| C1

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[Canoe slalom at the 2023 European Games – Men's C1|4]]{{efn|name=European Games|2023 European Games}}

|- style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| K1

| style="background:#cc9966;" |[[2011 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''3''']]

| —

| style="background:gold;" |[[2013 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''1''']]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2014 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''1''']]

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2015 European Canoe Slalom Championships|6]]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''1''']]

| style="background:#cc9966;" |[[2017 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''3''']]

| style="background:#cc9966;" |[[2018 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''3''']]

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2019 European Canoe Slalom Championships|8]]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2020 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''1''']]

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2021 European Canoe Slalom Championships|7]]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2022 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''1''']]

| style="background:gold;" |[[Canoe slalom at the 2023 European Games – Men's K1|'''1''']]{{efn|name=European Games|2023 European Games}}

|- style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| C1 team

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[Canoe slalom at the 2023 European Games – Men's C1 team|6]]{{efn|name=European Games|2023 European Games}}

|- style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| K1 team

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2011 European Canoe Slalom Championships|5]]

| —

| style="background:gold;" |[[2013 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''1''']]

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2014 European Canoe Slalom Championships|4]]

| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2015 European Canoe Slalom Championships|9]]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''1''']]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2017 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''1''']]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2018 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''1''']]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2019 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''1''']]

| style="background:silver;" |[[2020 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''2''']]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2021 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''1''']]

| style="background:gold;" |[[2022 European Canoe Slalom Championships|'''1''']]

| [[Canoe slalom at the 2023 European Games – Men's K1 team|14]]{{efn|name=European Games|2023 European Games}}

|}

{{Notelist}}

=== World Cup individual podiums ===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:gray solid 1px; width:40%;"

|-

| rowspan="2" style="width:3%;"|

|-

| style="width:2%;" bgcolor=gold|{{gold01}}

| style="width:2%;" bgcolor=silver|{{silver02}}

| style="width:2%;" bgcolor=cc9966|{{bronze03}}

| style="width:2%; background-color:#4180be; color:white;"|Total

|-

| style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"| C1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''2'''

|-

| style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"| K1 || 8 || 5 || 7 || '''20'''

|- style="background:#369; color:white;"

| '''Total''' || '''9''' || '''5''' || '''8''' || '''22'''

|}

|-

| '''[[2024 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2024]]''' || align=right| 8 June 2024 ||align=left| [[Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre|Prague]] || bgcolor=gold|1st || C1

=== Complete World Cup results ===

| –

|-

![[2022 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2022]]

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre|Prague]] {{flagg|cxxlo|CZE}}<br/>4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;"|[[Kraków-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course|Kraków]] {{flagg|cxxlo|POL}}<br/>3

| style="background:#F7F6A8;"|[[Tacen Whitewater Course|Tacen]] {{flagg|cxxlo|SLO}}<br/>1

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Pau-Pyrénées Whitewater Stadium|Pau]] {{flagg|cxxlo|FRA}}<br/>5

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Segre Olympic Park|La Seu]] {{flagg|cxxlo|ESP}}<br/>1

! 317

! style="background:#F7F6A8;"|1st

|-

![[2023 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2023]] K1

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Augsburg Eiskanal|Augsburg]] {{flagg|cxxlo|GER}}<br/>5

| style="background:#F7F6A8;"|[[Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre|Prague]] {{flagg|cxxlo|CZE}}<br/>1

| style="background:#F7F6A8;"|[[Tacen Whitewater Course|Tacen]] {{flagg|cxxlo|SLO}}<br/>1

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Segre Olympic Park|La Seu]] {{flagg|cxxlo|ESP}}<br/>28

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Vaires-sur-Marne|Paris]] {{flagg|cxxlo|FRA}}<br/>7

! 252

! style="background:#F7F6A8;"|3rd

|-

! C1

| style="background:#F7F6A8;"|3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5

! 222

! 5th