Vavřinec Hradilek (; born 10 March 1987) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2003.
Hradilek competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. 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 2012 Summer Olympics in London 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: 2013; K1 team: 2009, 2015; Extreme K1: 2017), three silvers (K1: 2010, K1 team: 2014, 2019) and a bronze (K1 team: 2007). He also won seven medals at the European Championships (4 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze).
World Cup individual podiums SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2007 1 Jul 2007 Prague 1st K1 2009 1 Feb 2009 Mangahao 1st K11 2010 21 Feb 2010 Penrith 2nd K12 2011 13 Aug 2011 Prague 1st K1 2013 6 Jul 2013 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K1 2015 27 Jun 2015 Kraków 1st K1 4 Jul 2015 Liptovský Mikuláš 2nd K1 2016 3 Sep 2016 Prague 3rd K1 2019 23 June 2019 Bratislava 1st Extreme K1
1 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points 2 Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points
References
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.
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