Peter Hrdlitschka

Peter Hermann Hrdlitschka (born November 6, 1955) is a former Canadian competition swimmer. Born in Reutlingen, Germany, Hrdlitschka immigrated at the age of 2, along with his mother Doris and his father Frank, to Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada. It was in Ocean Falls where Hrdlitschka began his competitive swimming career, achieving a 3rd place finish in 1961 for freestyle, at the age of 5. In 1965 the Hrdlitschka family moved to Vernon, British Columbia.

In 1970 Hrdlitschka set the Canadian record for boys 13-14 100-metre breaststroke. In 1972 he finished 4th at the Canadian Olympic trials, an achievement that resulted in him moving, at the age of 16, to Vancouver to train with the Canadian Dolphin Swim Club and the National Development Team Program. In 1973 Hrdlitschka won bronze for Canada — along with teammates Ian MacKenzie, Bruce Robertson and Brian Phillips — at the World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in the men’s 4 x 100 metre medley relay.

Hrdlitschka shared in winning the 1973 Canadian Breaststroke Trophy with Mel Zajac Jr. As a senior swimmer with the Master Ducks Swim Club, Hrdlitschka continues to set National records for his age group in the breaststroke.

Hrdlitschka has 3 daughters — Danielle, Cara and Kyla— and a step-daughter, Megan. On March 31, 2012, Hrdlitscha married Sharon Wyse Boileau. The couple live in North Vancouver where Hrdlitschka is President of Ledcor Construction, Canada. Part of Hrdlitschka and Wyse Boileau's present life is committed to volunteer and philanthropical efforts on behalf of children.