Dana Chladek (born Dana Chládková on December 27, 1963, in Czechoslovakia) is a

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slalom kayaker who later become a naturalized American. She competed from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the K1 event with a silver in 1996 and a bronze in 1992. Chladek also won six medals at the

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with four silvers (K1:

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; K1 team: 1989,

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) and two bronzes (K1 team:

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, 1991). In

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she won the inaugural edition of the

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series. Currently, Dana Chladek is a coach and race director for th
Potomac Whitewater Racing Center
Chladek and her team of coaches oversee whitewater training programs for young people who are intent on pursuing high levels of excellence, including Olympic and World Cup level competition. Chladek's program is based on the Potomac River in the Washington D.C. area. Chladek's hand-picked coaching team is the highest level provided in the United States.

World Cup individual podiums

References

Potomac Whitewater Racing Center
* * 1963 births American female canoeists Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics American people of Czech descent Living people Olympic silver medalists for the United States in canoeing Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in canoeing International whitewater paddlers Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics People from Děčín 21st-century American women {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub