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Roman Vajs

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Roman Vajs


Roman Vajs (born November 18, 1974 in Liptovský Mikuláš) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who competed in the 1990s and 2000s (decade). He finished 13th in the C2 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Vajs won two medals in the C2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 1999 and a bronze in 1993.

He won the overall World Cup title in 1998. He also won 3 medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze).

His partner until 2000 was Roman Štrba who was paralyzed in an accident in March 2001. In the years after the accident he teamed up with Pavol Hric who competed in K1 until then.

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