Peter Kauzer

Peter Kauzer
Peter Kauzer at a promotional event with olympic medallists (2016)
Personal information
Nationality Slovenian
Born (1983-09-08) 8 September 1983
Trbovlje, Yugoslavia[1]
Residence Hrastnik, Slovenia
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country  Slovenia
Sport Canoe slalom
Club BD Steklarna Hrastnik
Medal record
Representing  Slovenia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroK1
World Championships
2009 La Seu d'UrgellK1
2011 BratislavaK1
2005 PenrithK1 team
2017 PauK1
2017 PauK1 team
European Championships
2005 TacenK1 team
2006 L'ArgentièreK1 team
2007 Liptovský MikulášK1 team
2010 BratislavaK1
2011 La Seu d'UrgellK1 team
2018 PragueK1
2005 TacenK1
2007 Liptovský MikulášK1
2010 BratislavaK1 team
2018 PragueK1 team
U23 European Championships
2006 NottinghamK1
2004 KrakówK1 team
Junior World Championships
2000 BratislavaK1 team

Peter Kauzer (born 8 September 1983) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1999.

Career

Kauzer at the 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships

Kauzer has competed at three Summer Olympics. He finished 13th in the K1 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 K1 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.[2] He won his first Olympic medal, a silver in the K1 event, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1: 2009[3], 2011[4]) and three bronzes (K1: 2017, K1 team: 2005, 2017).

Kauzer won the overall World Cup title in 2009, 2011 and 2015 in K1. At the European Championships he won a total of 10 medals (6 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes).[5][6][7][8]

World Cup individual podiums

Season Date Venue Position Event
200526 Jun 2005Tacen2ndK11
10 Jul 2005Athens3rdK1
200611 Jun 2006La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
200829 Jun 2008Tacen1stK1
200928 Jun 2009Pau1stK1
11 Jul 2009Augsburg1stK1
3 Aug 2009Kananaskis2ndK12
201027 Jun 2010La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
201125 Jun 2011Tacen1stK1
2 Jul 2011L'Argentière-la-Bessée1stK1
13 Aug 2011Prague3rdK1
201317 Aug 2013Tacen1stK1[9]
24 Aug 2013Bratislava2ndK1
20154 Jul 2015Liptovský Mikuláš3rdK1
15 Aug 2015Pau1stK1
201611 Jun 2016La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
10 Sep 2016Tacen1stK1
20172 Sep 2017Ivrea3rdK1
9 Sep 2017La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
20181 Jul 2018Kraków2ndK1
8 Jul 2018Augsburg1stK1
1 European Championship counting for World Cup points
2 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

References

  1. 1 2 "Peter Kauzer". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "ICF – London 2012: Four Paddlers Selected as Flag-bearers for Opening Ceremony". www.canoeicf.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Canoeing – World Championships – Slalom canoeing 2009. The-sports.org (13 September 2009). Retrieved on 2016-08-11.
  4. ↑ Canoeing – World Championships – Slalom canoeing 2011. The-sports.org (11 September 2011). Retrieved on 2016-08-11.
  5. ↑ "Peter KAUZER (SLO)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Canoeing – European Championships – Slalom Canoeing 2010. The-sports.org (15 August 2010). Retrieved on 2016-08-11.
  7. ↑ Canoeing – European Championships – Slalom Canoeing 2011. The-sports.org (12 June 2011). Retrieved on 2016-08-11.
  8. ↑ Canoeing – European Championships – Slalom Canoeing 2010. The-sports.org (15 August 2010). Retrieved on 2016-08-11.
  9. ↑ Canoeing – World Cup – Slalom Tacen 2013. The-sports.org (18 August 2013). Retrieved on 2016-08-11.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Urška Žolnir		 Flagbearer for  Slovenia
London 2012		 Succeeded by
Vasilij Žbogar
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