Jaroslav Volf

Jaroslav Volf
Personal information
Born (1979-09-29) 29 September 1979
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
CountryCzech Republic
SportCanoe slalom
Event
C2
Retired2013
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 6 3 0
European Championships 6 5 2
Junior World Championships 2 0 1
Total 14 9 4
Representing  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing C2
2004 Athens C2
World Championships
1999 La Seu d'Urgell C2 team
2003 Augsburg C2 team
2006 Prague C2
2006 Prague C2 team
2007 Foz do Iguaçu C2 team
2013 Prague C2 team
2003 Augsburg C2
2010 Tacen C2 team
2013 Prague C2
European Championships
1998 Roudnice nad Labem C2 team
2004 Skopje C2
2005 Tacen C2
2009 Nottingham C2 team
2010 Bratislava C2 team
2012 Augsburg C2
1998 Roudnice nad Labem C2
2007 Liptovský Mikuláš C2
2007 Liptovský Mikuláš C2 team
2010 Bratislava C2
2012 Augsburg C2 team
2002 Bratislava C2
2006 L'Argentière-la-Bessée C2 team
Junior World Championships
1996 Lipno C2
1996 Lipno C2 team
1994 Wausau C2

Jaroslav Volf (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaroslav ˈvolf]; born 29 September 1979, in Brandýs nad Labem) 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).

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).

His partner in the C2 boat throughout the whole of his career was Ondřej Štěpánek.