Peter Škantár
Peter Škantár (born 20 July 1982) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1998 to 2018, along with his cousin Ladislav Škantár in the C2 class. They retired from canoe slalom in 2018 after the C2 event was discontinued and subsequently switched to wildwater canoeing.[2] They announced retirement from wildwater canoeing during the 2021 World Championships in their hometown Bratislava where they didn't start due to Ladislav's injury.[3]
Career
He won an Olympic gold medal in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro in the C2 event.[4] He also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C2 team: 2009), five silvers (C2: 2009, 2017; C2 team: 2011, 2013, 2014) and four bronzes (C2: 2011, 2013, 2014; C2 team: 2007). He won the overall World Cup title in the C2 category in 2009, 2010 and 2014. At the European Championships Škantár won a total of 13 medals (7 golds, 1 silver and 5 bronzes).[5]
As of 2021 he is the coach of Matej Beňuš.[3]
Major championships results timeline
Event | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
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Olympic Games | C2 | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | 1 | Not held | |||||||||
World Championships | C2 | 26 | Not held | — | — | Not held | 6 | — | 9 | Not held | 2 | 14 | 3 | Not held | 3 | 3 | 16 | Not held | 2 | Not held | |
C2 team | — | Not held | — | — | Not held | — | — | 3 | Not held | 1 | 4 | 2 | Not held | 2 | 2 | 6 | Not held | 3A | Not held | ||
European Championships | C2 | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
C2 team | Not held | — | Not held | 7 | Not held | 2A | 1 | — | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
- A Not a medal event due to low number of participating nations
World Cup individual podiums
Total | ||||
C2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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2003 | 11 May 2003 | Penrith | 3rd | C2 |
2005 | 26 June 2005 | Tacen | 3rd | C21 |
10 July 2005 | Athens | 3rd | C2 | |
24 July 2005 | La Seu d'Urgell | 3rd | C2 | |
2007 | 14 July 2007 | Augsburg | 3rd | C2 |
2008 | 29 June 2008 | Tacen | 2nd | C2 |
5 July 2008 | Augsburg | 2nd | C2 | |
2009 | 28 June 2009 | Pau | 1st | C2 |
5 July 2009 | Bratislava | 2nd | C2 | |
2010 | 21 February 2010 | Penrith | 1st | C22 |
27 June 2010 | La Seu d'Urgell | 1st | C2 | |
2011 | 26 June 2011 | Tacen | 3rd | C2 |
2012 | 17 June 2012 | Pau | 2nd | C2 |
24 June 2012 | La Seu d'Urgell | 2nd | C2 | |
2014 | 8 June 2014 | Lee Valley | 3rd | C2 |
15 June 2014 | Tacen | 1st | C2 | |
22 June 2014 | Prague | 1st | C2 | |
3 August 2014 | La Seu d'Urgell | 1st | C2 | |
2016 | 4 September 2016 | Prague | 1st | C2 |
11 September 2016 | Tacen | 1st | C2 | |
2017 | 2 September 2017 | Ivrea | 1st | C2 |
- 1 European Championship counting for World Cup points
- 2 Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points
References
- Peter Škantár Archived 2016-08-14 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- "Hochschornerovci a Škantárovci nekončia, vodný slalom vymenia za šprint". Sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- "Lúčenie Škantárovcov je definitívne, no obaja pri vode zostanú". Sport.aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Škantár". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- "Peter SKANTAR (SVK)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- 12 September 2009 final results for the men's C2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. – accessed 12 September 2009.
- 13 September 2009 final results of the men's C2 event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. – accessed 13 September 2009.
External links
- Peter Škantár at the International Canoe Federation
- Peter Škantár at Olympedia
- Peter Škantár at Olympics.com
- Peter Škantár at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)