Juraj Minčík (born 27 March 1977 in

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) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1993 to 2008. He competed at two

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and won a bronze medal in the C1 event in

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. Minčík also won three medals in the C1 team event at the

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with two golds (

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) and a bronze (

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). At the

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he has won a total 8 medals (5 golds and 3 silvers). As a coach he led

Ladislav Škantár 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 ...

and

Peter Škantár Peter Škantár (born 20 July 1982) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1998 to 2018, along with his cousin Ladislav Škantár in the C2 class. They retired from canoe slalom in 2018 after the C2 eve ...

to Olympic gold and

Matej Beňuš Matej Beňuš (born 2 November 1987) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002. He won a silver medal in the C1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He also won 12 medals at the ICF Can ...

to Olympic silver at the

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World Cup individual podiums

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* * * 1977 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Slovakia Olympic bronze medalists for Slovakia Slovak male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships People from Kežmarok District Sportspeople from the Prešov Region {{Slovakia-canoe-bio-stub