Jiří Prskavec (canoeist, born 1993)
Jiří Prskavec (; born 18 May 1993) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. Career. Prskavec won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and gold in the K1 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds (K1: 2015, 2019; K1 team: 2015, 2017), four silvers (K1: 2013, 2018; K1 team: 2014, 2019) and a bronze (K1 team: 2018). He also won ten gold, one silver  and three bronze medals at the European Championships. Prskavec won the overall World Cup title in the K1 class in 2018 and 2019. He finished the 2016, 2019 and 2020 seasons as the World No. 1. Prskavec competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics where he won bronze in the K1 slalom event. His father Jiří is a former slalom canoeist and a medalist from World and European Championships.