PRSKAVEC Jiri

CANOE SLALOM

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 Obstacle
2010	Singapore, SIN	3

World Championships

Year	Location	K1	K1 Team
2019	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	1	2
2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2	3
2017	Pau, FRA	19	1
2015	London, GBR	1	1
2014	McHenry, MD, USA	18	2
2013	Prague, CZE	2	4
2011	Bratislava, SVK	10	5

Oceania Open Championships

Year	Location	K1
2019	Penrith, NSW, AUS	10

European Championships

Year	Location	K1	K1 Team
2021	Ivrea, ITA	7	1
2020	Prague, CZE	1	2
2019	Pau, FRA	8	1
2018	Prague, CZE	3	1
2017	Tacen, SLO	3	1

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Kayak	-	1 x 1st
2019	Kayak	1st	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd
2018	Kayak	1st	2 x 2nd, 2 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd
2017	Kayak	4th	1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 6th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2021	Kayak	Prague, CZE
1	2019	Kayak	Prague, CZE
2	2019	Kayak	Lee Valley, GBR
2	2018	Kayak	Tacen, SLO
2	2018	Kayak	Augsburg, GER
2	2017	Kayak	Prague, CZE
3	2019	Kayak	Markkleeberg, GER
3	2019	Kayak	Tacen, SLO
3	2018	Kayak	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP
3	2018	Kayak	Krakow, POL
3	2017	Kayak	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP
3	2017	Kayak	Augsburg, GER

Legend
IP - In Progress, C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

CANOE SPRINT

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 Head to Head
2010	Singapore, SIN	20

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Jira, Little Jiri (peakuk.com, 01 Sep 2016; sport.cz, 01 Apr 2015)

Poker, playing video games, spending time with friends. (Facebook page, 24 Dec 2019)

Athlete

Wife Tereza, son Jiri [2019]

Czech, English

USK Praha [Czech Republic]

Jiri Pultera [national], CZE; Jiri Prskavec Sr. [father], CZE

His mother Marcela Prskavcova and father Jiri Sr. have both represented the Czech Republic in canoe slalom. Jiri Sr. competed in the K1 event at the Olympic Games in both 1996 and 2000, and has served as head coach of the Czech national canoe slalom team. (slalom-world.com, 26 Jul 2015; Facebook page, 24 Dec 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 17 Feb 2020)

He represented the Czech Republic in canoe sprint at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Feb 2020)

He began paddling at age eight in Prague, Czech Republic. His first coach was his mother. (canoeicf.com, 31 Dec 2016; Facebook page, 06 Sep 2015; jiriprskavec.cz, 18 Feb 2016)

His parents both competed in the sport at international level and encouraged him to try it too. (kanoe.cz, 19 Mar 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (idnes.cz, 12 May 2019)

Czech ice hockey player Jaromir Jagr, Slovakian slalom paddler Michal Martikan, his father. (kanoe.cz, 19 Mar 2014)

His parents. (canoeicf.com, 31 Dec 2016)

"Keep paddling and love every moment of it." (canoeicf.com, 31 Dec 2016)

He was named Czech Slalom Paddler of the Year for 2016, 2018 and 2019 by the Czech Canoe Union. (kanoe.cz, 15 Dec 2019; canoe-europe.org, 04 Dec 2018, 21 Dec 2016)

He was named 2015 and 2019 Canoeist of the Year in the Czech Republic. (kanoe.cz, 30 Oct 2019; idnes.cz, 29 Oct 2019, 14 Nov 2015)

He was a finalist for the Sportsman of the Year award at the 2015 World Paddle Awards. (worldpaddleawards.com, 2016)