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 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 ...

in the C2 class. They retired from canoe slalom in 2018 after the C2 event was discontinued and subsequently switched to wildwater canoeing. They announced retirement from wildwater canoeing during the

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in their hometown

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where they didn't start due to Ladislav's injury.

Career

He won an Olympic gold medal in

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in the C2 event. He also won ten medals at the

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with a gold (C2 team:

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), five silvers (C2: 2009,

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; C2 team:

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) and four bronzes (C2: 2011, 2013, 2014; C2 team:

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). He won the overall

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title in the C2 category in

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and

. At the

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Škantár won a total of 13 medals (7 golds, 1 silver and 5 bronzes). As of 2021 he is the coach of

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 ...

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.
– 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

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Skantar, Peter Living people Slovak male canoeists 1982 births Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Slovakia Olympic gold medalists for Slovakia Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Kežmarok Sportspeople from the Prešov Region Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships