Michal Martikán

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Olympic medal record
Men's Canoeing
Gold 1996 Atlanta C1
Silver 2000 Sydney C1
Silver 2004 Athens C1

Michal Martikán (born May 18, 1979 in Liptovský Mikuláš) is a Slovakian slalom canoeist. In 1996 he became the first athlete to win an Olympic Games gold medal for Slovakia after the county's independence in 1993. In the following two Olympics he won the silver medal in the same C1 event. He was awarded the silver medal after controversial verdict of referee in Athens 2004. He has also won the World Championships three times, in 1997, 2002 and 2003.

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