Peter Škantár

Peter Škantár

Personal information
Born	(1982-07-20) 20 July 1982[1] Kežmarok, Czechoslovakia
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe slalom
Medal record Representing  Slovakia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 1 4 4 European Championships 7 1 5 Total 9 5 9 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro C2 World Championships 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C2 team 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C2 2011 Bratislava C2 team 2013 Prague C2 team 2014 Deep Creek Lake C2 team 2007 Foz do Iguaçu C2 team 2011 Bratislava C2 2013 Prague C2 2014 Deep Creek Lake C2 European Championships 2005 Tacen C2 team 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš C2 2010 Bratislava C2 2014 Vienna C2 2014 Vienna C2 team 2015 Markkleeberg C2 team 2016 Liptovský Mikuláš C2 team 2008 Kraków C2 2004 Skopje C2 2005 Tacen C2 2008 Kraków C2 team 2011 La Seu d'Urgell C2 2011 La Seu d'Urgell C2 team

Peter Škantár (born 20 July 1982 in Kežmarok) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s along with his cousin Ladislav Škantár in the C2 category.

He won an Olympic gold medal in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro in the C2 event and nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C2 team: 2009), four silvers (C2: 2009; C2 team: 2011, 2013, 2014) and four bronzes (C2: 2011, 2013, 2014; C2 team: 2007). He also 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).

World Cup individual podiums

¹ European Championship counting for World Cup points

² Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points

References

• 12 September 2009 final results for the men's C-2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. – accessed 12 September 2009.
• 13 September 2009 final results of the men's C-2 event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. – accessed 13 September 2009.