Ladislav Škantár

Ladislav Škantár

Škantár at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1983-02-11) 11 February 1983 (age 38)[1] Kežmarok, Czechoslovakia
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event(s)	C2
Club	ŠKP Bratislava
Medal record Representing  Slovakia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 1 5 4 European Championships 7 1 5 U23 European Championships 3 0 1 Junior World Championships 0 1 0 Total 12 7 10 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 2017 Pau C2 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 U23 European Championships 2002 Bratislava C2 2004 Kraków C2 2005 Kraków C2 2004 Kraków C2 team Junior World Championships 2000 Bratislava C2

Ladislav Škantár (born 11 February 1983) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1998 to 2018, along with his cousin Peter 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]

Biography[]

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]

Ladislav Škantár during the 2019 Wildwater Canoe World Championships.

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 C2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.^{[permanent dead link]} – 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[]

• Ladislav Škantár at the International Canoe Federation