Štěpánka Hilgertová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃcɛpaːŋka ˈɦɪlɡɛrtovaː] ) (née Prošková , born 10 April 1968 in Prague ) is a Czechoslovak-Czech slalom canoer who has competed since the late 1980s. Competing in six Summer Olympics , she won two gold medals in the K-1 event, earning them in 1996 and 2000 .
Hilgertová also won fourteen medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with seven golds (K-1: 1999 , 2003 ; K-1 team: 2003, 2005 , 2010 , 2013 , 2015 ), five silvers (K-1: 1997 , K-1 team: 1991 , 2006 , 2007 , 2011 ), and two bronzes (K-1: 2007, K-1 team: 1989 ). The K-1 team silver in 1991 and K-1 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).
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.
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1949 (folding): Austria (Heidi Pillwein , Fritzi Schwingl & Gerti Pertlwieser )
1951 (folding): Austria (Gerti Pertlwieser , Fritzi Schwingl & Heidi Pillwein )
1953 (folding): Czechoslovakia (Jaroslava Havlová , Dana Martanová & Květa Havlová )
1955 (folding): East Germany (Eva Setzkorn , Elfriede Hugo & Karin Tietze )
1957 (folding): East Germany (Elfriede Hugo , Eva Setzkorn & Brigitte Magnus )
1959 (folding): East Germany (Ursula Gläser , Eva Setzkorn & Elfriede Hugo )
1961 (folding): Not held
1963 (folding): East Germany (Anneliese Bauer , Ursula Gläser & Lia Merkel )
1965: East Germany (Ursula Gläser , Bärbel Richter & Lia Merkel )
1967: East Germany (Bärbel Richter , Dagmar Sickert & Helga Luber )
1969: West Germany (Ulrike Deppe , Bärbel Körner & Brigitte Schwack )
1971: East Germany (Angelika Bahmann , Veronika Stampe & Dagmar Kriste )
1973: United States (Candice Clark , Louise Holcombe & Lynn Ashton )
1975: Switzerland (Elisabeth Käser , Danielle Kamber & Cornelia Bachofner )
1977: Switzerland (Elisabeth Käser , Kathrin Weiss & Claire Costa )
1979: United States (Cathy Hearn , Linda Harrison & Becky Judd )
1981: West Germany (Ulrike Deppe , Susanne Erbers & Gabriele Köllmann )
1983: France (Marie-Françoise Grange , Sylvie Arnaud & Myriam Jerusalmi )
1985: France (Sylvie Arnaud , Marie-Françoise Grange & Myriam Jerusalmi )
1987: West Germany (Margit Messelhäuser , Ulla Steinle & Elisabeth Micheler )
1989: France (Myriam Jerusalmi , Marie-Françoise Grange-Prigent & Anne Boixel )
1991: France (Myriam Jerusalmi , Anouk Loubie & Marianne Agulhon )
1993: France (Myriam Jerusalmi , Sylvie Lepeltier & Anne Boixel )
1995: France (Anne Boixel , Myriam Jerusalmi & Isabelle Despres )
1997: Germany (Evi Huss , Kordula Striepecke & Mandy Planert )
1999: Germany (Susanne Hirt , Evi Huss & Mandy Planert )
2002: France (Aline Tornare , Mathilde Pichery & Anne-Lise Bardet )
2003: Czech Republic (Štěpánka Hilgertová , Vanda Semerádová & Irena Pavelková )
2005: Czech Republic (Irena Pavelková , Marcela Sadilová & Štěpánka Hilgertová )
2006: France (Mathilde Pichery , Émilie Fer & Marie Gaspard )
2007: Germany (Jennifer Bongardt , Mandy Planert & Jasmin Schornberg )
2009: Great Britain (Elizabeth Neave , Louise Donington & Laura Blakeman )
2010: Czech Republic (Štěpánka Hilgertová , Irena Pavelková & Marie Řihošková )
2011: Slovakia (Elena Kaliská , Jana Dukátová & Dana Mann )
2013: Czech Republic (Štěpánka Hilgertová , Kateřina Kudějová & Eva Ornstová )
2014: France (Carole Bouzidi , Nouria Newman & Émilie Fer )
2015: Czech Republic (Kateřina Kudějová , Veronika Vojtová & Štěpánka Hilgertová )