Peter Hrdlitschka

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

In 1970 Hrdlitschka set the Canadian record for boys 13-14 100-metre breaststroke. In 1972 he finished 4th at the Canadian Olympic trials and moved 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.

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.