Vavřinec Hradilek (; born 10 March 1987) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2003. Hradilek competed in the

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. In the K1 event he finished seventh in the qualification round, thus progressing to the semifinals. In the semifinals he finished eleventh, failing to reach the final round. At the

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he won a silver medal in the K1 event. He recorded a time of 94.78 seconds in the final which was only beaten by Daniele Molmenti (93.43 s). He also started in the C2 event with Stanislav Ježek where they finished ninth after being eliminated in the semifinals. Hradilek won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds (K1:

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; K1 team:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

; Extreme K1:

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), three silvers (K1:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, K1 team:

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) and a bronze (K1 team:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

). He also won seven medals at the European Championships (4 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze).

World Cup individual podiums

¹ Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points :

² Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points

References

External links

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2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 K1 men's final results.
– accessed 12 September 2010.
12 September 2009 final results for the men's K1 team event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
– accessed 12 September 2009. 1987 births Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Czech male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for the Czech Republic Olympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists from Prague Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-canoe-bio-stub