Dana CHLADEK

Dana Chladek was a whitewater kayaker who won a bronze medal in K-1 slalom at the 1992 Olympics, adding a silver medal in the same event in 1996 at Atlanta. She also won two silver medals individually in K-1 slalom at the 1989 and 1991 World Championships, adding team K-1 slalom World medals, with silvers in 1989 and 1993, and bronzes in 1987 and 1991. In 1988 Chladek won the inaugural edition of the World Cup series. Chladek later became the coach and race director at the Potomac Whitewater Racing Center.