Peter Cibák (born 2 March 1981 in

Liptovský Mikuláš Liptovský Mikuláš (; until 1952 ''Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš'', ; ) is a town in northern Slovakia, on the Váh River, about from Bratislava. It lies in the Liptov region, in Podtatranská kotlina, Liptov Basin near the Low Tatra and Tat ...

) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2010, specializing in the K1 discipline. He won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the

2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 29th edition. This marked the first time the events too ...

in Penrith, becoming the first Slovak paddler to win an individual K1 medal at the World Championships. He also won 2 bronze medals at the 2002 European Championships in

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(K1 and K1 team). Cibák finished 12th in the K1 event at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

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after being eliminated in the semifinals in his only Olympic appearance. Ice-hockey player Martin Cibák is his cousin. Ondrej Cibák, the whitewater course designer, was his grandfather.

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World Cup individual podiums

¹ World Championship counting for World Cup points

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* 1981 births Living people Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Slovakia Canoeists from Liptovský Mikuláš Slovak male canoeists Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-canoe-bio-stub