Jaroslav Volf (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaroslav ˈvolf]; born 29 September 1979, in Brandýs nad Labem)[1] is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1994 to 2013. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C2 event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.
Volf also won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds (C2: 2006; C2 team: 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2013) and three silvers (C2: 2003, 2013; C2 team: 2010).[2]
He is the overall World Cup champion in C2 from 2005. He also won a total of 13 medals at the European Championships (6 golds, 5 silvers and 2 bronzes).[2]
His partner in the C2 boat throughout the whole of his career was Ondřej Štěpánek.
World Cup individual podiums
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| C2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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| 1998 | 14 June 1998 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 2nd | C2 |
| 1999 | 24 June 1999 | Tacen | 2nd | C2 |
| 2000 | 23 July 2000 | Prague | 3rd | C2 |
| 2002 | 4 August 2002 | Prague | 1st | C2 |
| 2003 | 31 July 2003 | Bratislava | 2nd | C2 |
| 2004 | 25 April 2004 | Athens | 1st | C2 |
| 17 July 2004 | Augsburg | 1st | C2 | |
| 2005 | 26 June 2005 | Tacen | 1st | C21 |
| 10 July 2005 | Athens | 1st | C2 | |
| 24 July 2005 | La Seu d'Urgell | 2nd | C2 | |
| 2006 | 3 June 2006 | Augsburg | 2nd | C2 |
| 5 August 2006 | Prague | 1st | C22 | |
| 2007 | 18 March 2007 | Foz do Iguaçu | 1st | C23 |
| 2009 | 11 July 2009 | Augsburg | 3rd | C2 |
| 2010 | 27 June 2010 | La Seu d'Urgell | 2nd | C2 |
- 1 European Championship counting for World Cup points
- 2 World Championship counting for World Cup points
- 3 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points
References
edit- ^ "Jaroslav Volf". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Jaroslav VOLF (CZE)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 C2 men's team final results. – accessed 11 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 July 2011)
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 February 2007)
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.
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