Štěpánka Hilgertová

Štěpánka Hilgertová

Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
1991 TacenK1 team
1989 Savage RiverK1 team
Representing  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
1996 AtlantaK1
2000 SydneyK1
World Championships
1999 La Seu d'UrgellK1
2003 AugsburgK1
2003 AugsburgK1 team
2005 PenrithK1 team
2010 TacenK1 team
2013 PragueK1 team
2015 LondonK1 team
1997 Três CoroasK1
2006 PragueK1 team
2007 Foz do IguaçuK1 team
2011 BratislavaK1 team
2007 Foz do IguaçuK1
European Championships
1996 AugsburgK1 team
1998 Roudnice nad LabemK1 team
2000 MezzanaK1
2002 BratislavaK1 team
2008 KrakówK1
2011 La Seu d'UrgellK1 team
2014 ViennaK1 team
1996 AugsburgK1
1998 Roudnice nad LabemK1
2000 MezzanaK1 team
2005 TacenK1
2006 L'Argentière-la-BesséeK1 team
2002 BratislavaK1
2007 Liptovský MikulášK1
2013 KrakowK1 team

Štěpánka Hilgertová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃcɛpaːŋka ˈɦɪlɡɛrtovaː], née Prošková, born 10 April 1968 in Prague) is a former Czechoslovak-Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2017. Competing in six Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K1 event, earning them in 1996 and 2000.

Hilgertová also won fourteen medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with seven golds (K1: 1999, 2003; K1 team: 2003, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2015), five silvers (K1: 1997, K1 team: 1991, 2006, 2007, 2011), and two bronzes (K1: 2007, K1 team: 1989). The K1 team silver in 1991 and K1 team bronze in 1989 were with Czechoslovakia while the remaining medals were for the Czech Republic.

She won the overall World Cup title twice (1992 and 1998). She also won a total of 15 medals at the European Championships (7 golds, 5 silvers and 3 bronzes).

She announced her retirement from the professional sport in October 2017, at the age of 49. She did, however, state that she intends to continue competing as an amateur.

Her husband Luboš Hilgert is a former canoe slalom paddler and a multiple medalist from ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. Their son Luboš is an active canoe slalom paddler as well. Amálie Hilgertová is her niece.