Jiří Pecka

Jiří Pecka
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
1948 LondonC-2 10000 m
Canoe Sprint World Championships
1950 CopenhagenC-2 1000 m
Men's canoe slalom
Canoe Slalom World Championships
1955 TacenMixed C-2
1951 SteyrC-2 team
1951 SteyrC-2
1953 MeranC-2 team

Jiří Pecka (June 4, 1917 – May 12, 1997) was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. He was born in Prague (where he also died).

Pecka won a silver medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He also won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen.

At the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships he won a total of four medals with a gold (Mixed C-2: |1955), a silver (C-2 team: 1951) and two bronzes (C-2: 1951, C-2 team: 1953).