Peter Kauzer

Peter Kauzer

Peter Kauzer at a promotional event with olympic medallists (2016)
Personal information
Born	8 September 1983 Trbovlje, Slovenia
Residence	Hrastnik, Slovenia
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Slovenia
Sport	Canoe slalom
Club	BD Steklarna Hrastnik
Medal record Representing  Slovenia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 World Championships 2005 Penrith K-1 team 2009 La Seu d'Urgell K-1 [2] 2011 Bratislava K-1 [3] European Championships 2005 Tacen K-1 team 2005 Tacen K-1 2006 L'Argentière K-1 team 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš K-1 team 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš K-1 2010 Bratislava K-1 [4] 2011 La Seu d'Urgell K-1 team [5] 2010 Bratislava K-1 team [6]

Peter Kauzer (born 8 September 1983) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s.

Career

Kauzer at the 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships

Kauzer has competed at three Summer Olympics. He finished 13th in the K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after being eliminated in the semifinals. Four years later at the London games he was one of the top favorites for gold in the K-1 event. He made the final after recording the fastest time in the semifinal, but after a disappointing run in the final he could only finish in sixth place.^[1] He was also the Slovenian flag-bearer at the London games.^[7] He won his first Olympic medal, a silver in the K-1 event, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

He has won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K-1: 2009, 2011) and a bronze (K-1 team: 2005).

Kauzer won the overall World Cup title in 2009, 2011 and 2015 in K-1. At the European Championships he has won a total of 8 medals (5 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze).

Performances

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
2005	26 June 2005	Tacen	2nd	K1^1
	10 July 2005	Athens	3rd	K1
2006	11 June 2006	La Seu d'Urgell	1st	K1
2008	29 June 2008	Tacen	1st	K1
2009	28 June 2009	Pau	1st	K1
	11 July 2009	Augsburg	1st	K1
	3 August 2009	Kananaskis	2nd	K1^2
2010	27 June 2010	La Seu d'Urgell	3rd	K1
2011	25 June 2011	Tacen	1st	K1
	2 July 2011	L'Argentière-la-Bessée	1st	K1
	13 August 2011	Prague	3rd	K1
2013	17 August 2013	Tacen	1st	K1[8]
	24 August 2013	Bratislava	2nd	K1
2015	4 July 2015	Liptovský Mikuláš	3rd	K1
	15 August 2015	Pau	1st	K1
2016	11 Jun 2016	La Seu d'Urgell	3rd	K1
	10 Sep 2016	Tacen	1st	K1

¹ European Championship counting for World Cup points

² Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

References

1. Peter Kauzer. sports-reference.com
2. Canoeing – World Championships – Slalom canoeing 2009. The-sports.org (13 September 2009). Retrieved on 2016-08-11.
3. Canoeing – World Championships – Slalom canoeing 2011. The-sports.org (11 September 2011). Retrieved on 2016-08-11.
4. Canoeing – European Championships – Slalom Canoeing 2010. The-sports.org (15 August 2010). Retrieved on 2016-08-11.
5. Canoeing – European Championships – Slalom Canoeing 2011. The-sports.org (12 June 2011). Retrieved on 2016-08-11.
6. Canoeing – European Championships – Slalom Canoeing 2010. The-sports.org (15 August 2010). Retrieved on 2016-08-11.
7. "ICF – London 2012: Four Paddlers Selected as Flag-bearers for Opening Ceremony". www.canoeicf.com. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
8. Canoeing – World Cup – Slalom Tacen 2013. The-sports.org (18 August 2013). Retrieved on 2016-08-11.

External links

• 13 September 2009 final results of the men's K-1 event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. – accessed 13 September 2009.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile