Miroslav Šimek

Miroslav Šimek (, born 27 January 1959 in Turnov) is a Czechoslovak-Czech slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals in the C2 event, earning them in 1992 and 1996.

Šimek also won a complete set of medals in the C2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 1993, a silver in 1991, and a bronze in 1997. He earned seven other medals in the C2 team event (3 golds and 4 silvers).

He won the overall World Cup title in the C2 category six consecutive times between 1990 and 1995. He has also won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 1996 European Championships.

His partner in the boat during most of his active career was Jiří Rohan.

World Cup individual podiums Total C2 20 10 2 32

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 1988 14 August 1988 Nottingham 1st C2 21 August 1988 Augsburg 2nd C2 1989 15 Aug 1989 Augsburg 1st C2 20 Aug 1989 Tacen 1st C2 1990 1990 Savage River 1st C2 11 Aug 1990 Augsburg 1st C2 18 Aug 1990 Bourg St.-Maurice 1st C2 26 Aug 1990 Tacen 1st C2 1991 30 Jun 1991 Mezzana 1st C2 6 Jul 1991 Augsburg 1st C2 25 Aug 1991 Minden 1st C2 1 Sep 1991 Wausau 1st C2 1992 16 Feb 1992 Murupara 1st C2 23 Feb 1992 Launceston 1st C2 7 Jun 1992 Merano 3rd C2 1993 25 Jul 1993 Lofer 1st C2 1 Aug 1993 Augsburg 2nd C2 21 Aug 1993 Minden 1st C2 31 Aug 1993 Ocoee 1st C2 1994 3 Jul 1994 Augsburg 2nd C2 10 Jul 1994 Bourg St.-Maurice 1st C2 17 Jul 1994 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd C2 18 Sep 1994 Asahi, Aichi 3rd C2 1995 25 Jun 1995 Prague 2nd C2 2 Jul 1995 Tacen 1st C2 9 Jul 1995 Mezzana 1st C2 16 Jul 1995 Lofer 2nd C2 1 Oct 1995 Ocoee 1st C2 1996 25 Aug 1996 Prague 2nd C2 1997 22 Jun 1997 Bourg St.-Maurice 2nd C2 6 Jul 1997 Bratislava 2nd C2 3 Aug 1997 Minden 2nd C2