Štěpánka Hilgertová


Štěpánka Hilgertová 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, five silvers, and two bronzes. 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. She also won a total of 15 medals at the European Championships.
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.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
198912 Aug 1989Mezzana3rdK1
1990[|1] Jul 1990Wausau3rdK1
199012 Aug 1990Augsburg3rdK1
199018 Aug 1990Bourg St.-Maurice3rdK1
199110 Jul 1991Reals3rdK1
199125 Aug 1991Minden2ndK1
19911 Sep 1991Wausau2ndK1
199223 Feb 1992Launceston2ndK1
19927 Jun 1992Merano1stK1
199325 Jul 1993Lofer3rdK1
199426 Jun 1994Nottingham2ndK1
199410 Jul 1994Bourg St.-Maurice3rdK1
199525 Jun 1995Prague1stK1
19959 Jul 1995Mezzana2ndK1
199516 Jul 1995Lofer1stK1
199621 Apr 1996Ocoee1stK1
199625 Aug 1996Prague1stK1
199722 Jun 1997Bourg St.-Maurice2ndK1
199814 Jun 1998Liptovský Mikuláš2ndK1
199828 Jun 1998Augsburg3rdK1
199813 Sep 1998La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
199920 Jun 1999Tacen1stK1
199924 Jun 1999Tacen1stK1
19993 Oct 1999Penrith3rdK1
200023 Jul 2000Prague1stK1
200127 May 2001Goumois1stK1
200110 Jun 2001Tacen2ndK1
200129 Jul 2001Augsburg1stK1
20024 Aug 2002Prague3rdK1
20036 Jul 2003La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
200331 Jul 2003Bratislava3rdK1
20033 Aug 2003Bratislava1stK1
200411 Jul 2004Prague3rdK1
200418 Jul 2004Augsburg1stK1
200526 Jun 2005Tacen2ndK11
20059 Jul 2005Athens1stK1
200524 Jul 2005La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
200628 May 2006Athens1stK1
20064 Jun 2006Augsburg2ndK1
200730 Jun 2007Prague1stK1
20078 Jul 2007Tacen3rdK1
200821 Jun 2008Prague1stK1
200912 Jul 2009Augsburg2ndK1
201020 Jun 2010Prague3rdK1
201422 Jun 2014Prague3rdK1
201417 Aug 2014Augsburg2ndK1