| Erik Vlček | |
| Nationality: | Slovak |
| Birth Date: | 29 December 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Komárno, Czechoslovakia |
| Height: | 1.90 m |
| Weight: | 89 kg |
| Country: | Slovakia |
| Sport: | Sprint kayak |
| Club: | SKP Bratislava |
| Event: | K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m |
| Show-Medals: | no |
Erik Vlček (Hungarian: Vlcsek Erik; born 29 December 1981) is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He is a member of the Hungarian community in Slovakia.[1] Since 2023 he has served as an MP of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.[2]
Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008, 2016 and a bronze in 2004.
Vlček also won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with ten golds (K-4 500 m: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007; K-4 1000 m: 2002, 2003, 2015; K-2 1000 m: 2011, 2014 and K-2 500 m: 2014), two silvers (K-4 200 m: 2009, K-4 1000 m: 2005), and three bronzes (K-4 500 m: 2001, K-4 1000 m: 2007, 2009).
He has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since August 2002. Vlček is a member of the ŠKP club in Bratislava. He is 189 cm (6'2") tall and weighs 89 kg (196 lb).[3]
Vlček was a city councillor in Komárno, running as an independent candidate in 2022. On 25 April 2023, it was announced that Vlček would run for HLAS-SD in 2023 parliamentary elections.