Name Peter Kauzer Role Olympic athlete | Height 1.78 m Weight 70 kg | |
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Slalom canoe training peter kauzer 2013
Peter Kauzer (born 8 September 1983) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s.
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Wadi adventure canoe training peter kauzer 2013
Career
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. He was also the Slovenian flag-bearer at the London games. He won his first Olympic medal, a silver in the K1 event, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
He has won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1: 2009, 2011) and a bronze (K1 team: 2005).
Kauzer won the overall World Cup title in 2009, 2011 and 2015 in K1. At the European Championships he has won a total of 8 medals (5 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze).