Miroslav Šimek

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.

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

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

				Total
C2	19	9	2	30

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
1989	15 Aug 1989	Augsburg	1st	C2
	20 Aug 1989	Tacen	1st	C2
1990	1990	Savage River	1st	C2
	11 Aug 1990	Augsburg	1st	C2
	18 Aug 1990	Bourg St.-Maurice	1st	C2
	26 Aug 1990	Tacen	1st	C2
1991	30 Jun 1991	Mezzana	1st	C2
	6 Jul 1991	Augsburg	1st	C2
	25 Aug 1991	Minden	1st	C2
	1 Sep 1991	Wausau	1st	C2
1992	16 Feb 1992	Murupara	1st	C2
	23 Feb 1992	Launceston	1st	C2
	7 Jun 1992	Merano	3rd	C2
1993	25 Jul 1993	Lofer	1st	C2
	1 Aug 1993	Augsburg	2nd	C2
	21 Aug 1993	Minden	1st	C2
	31 Aug 1993	Ocoee	1st	C2
1994	3 Jul 1994	Augsburg	2nd	C2
	10 Jul 1994	Bourg St.-Maurice	1st	C2
	17 Jul 1994	La Seu d'Urgell	2nd	C2
	18 Sep 1994	Asahi, Aichi	3rd	C2
1995	25 Jun 1995	Prague	2nd	C2
	2 Jul 1995	Tacen	1st	C2
	9 Jul 1995	Mezzana	1st	C2
	16 Jul 1995	Lofer	2nd	C2
	1 Oct 1995	Ocoee	1st	C2
1996	25 Aug 1996	Prague	2nd	C2
1997	22 Jun 1997	Bourg St.-Maurice	2nd	C2
	6 Jul 1997	Bratislava	2nd	C2
	3 Aug 1997	Minden	2nd	C2

References

• Miroslav Simek at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 February 2007)
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Miroslav Šimek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.

External links

• Miroslav Šimek at Olympedia
• 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)