Jakub Grigar

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Jakub Grigar
2019 ICF Canoe slalom World Championships 215 - Jakub Grigar.jpg
Jakub Grigar during the 2019 Canoe slalom World Championships
Personal information
NationalitySlovak
Born (1997-04-27) 27 April 1997 (age 27)
Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
CountrySlovakia
Sport Canoe slalom
EventK1, Kayak cross
ClubDukla Liptovský Mikuláš
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo K1
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 London K1 team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Bratislava K1 team
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Nanjing K1
U23 World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Kraków K1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Bratislava K1
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 KrakówK1 team
U23 European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Liptovský Mikuláš K1
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Bratislava K1
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 BratislavaK1 team
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Liptovský Mikuláš K1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Foz do Iguaçu K1
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 Liptovský MikulášK1 team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Wausau K1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Penrith K1
Junior European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Bourg-Saint-Maurice K1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kraków K1 team

Jakub Grigar (born 27 April 1997) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012. [1] [2] He specializes in the K1 discipline and occasionally competes in kayak cross.

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Grigar competed at two Olympic Games. He finished 5th in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won the silver medal in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

He also won two silver medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 2015 and 2021.

Career

Junior

Grigar first appeared at major junior events in 2012 (at age 15) and immediately had success, winning bronze in the K1 event at the World Junior Championships in Wausau. In four World Junior Championships he never finished outside of medals in the individual K1 event, winning 2 golds and 2 bronzes. He also won the K1 title at the 2013 European Championship and a silver at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, which was raced on flatwater.

Grigar credits two-time Olympic Champion Elena Kaliská with helping him in his early years and showing him that canoe slalom is fun. [3]

Under 23

Grigar moved into the U23 category in 2016 as he aged out of the juniors and immediately won gold at the 2016 World Championships in the K1 event. He was able to defend that title one year later in Bratislava. He won silver and gold medals in the K1 event at the European U23 Championships, respectively in 2018 and 2019. [4]

Senior

Early senior career

Grigar first qualified for the senior national team at the age of 16 in 2013, while still a junior. He made his debut at a major championship at the 2013 European Championships in Kraków where he finished 21st in K1 and 4th in the K1 team event. He also made his first appearance at the World Senior Championships later that year.

He won his first senior medal in 2015 in the K1 team event at the World Championships alongside Martin Halčin and Andrej Málek. His first individual medal came a year later at the World Cup in La Seu d'Urgell, where he finished second only to Vít Přindiš.

He qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, beating his more experienced teammates Halčin and Málek in the internal qualification. Having finished 4th in the heats and then winning the semifinal run, he was the last man to start in the final. He led at the final split in the final run, but then lost time on the last couple of gates and ultimately missed out on the gold medal by 0.90 seconds, finishing in 5th place. [3]

The Olympic season was followed by three years (2017-2019) where his results had dropped off at the senior level as he was unable to get on the podium in any of the major events (World Championships, World Cups, European Championships). He skipped the entire 2020 season along with the whole Slovak national team due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]

2021: Back to form and 2020 Summer Olympics

Returning from his best form in 2021, Griger claimed his first World Cup victory in Markkleeberg in June, en route to a silver medal at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was also part of the silver medal winning K1 team at the 2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with Martin Halčin and Adam Gonšenica. [6]

In the following season, Grigar won a bronze medal at the World Cup in Tacen and just missed out on a medal at the 2022 World Championships, where he finished 4th in the K1 event.

2023 did not yield any medals for Grigar, but he did manage to qualify for his third Olympics, beating Martin Halčin by a single point in the internal qualification. [7]

Career statistics

Major championships results timeline

Event201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Olympic Games K1Not held 5 Not held 2 Not held 6
Kayak crossNot held 6
World Championships K1 50 — 41 Not held 16 17 10 Not held 7 4 19 Not held
Kayak crossNot held———Not held 10 51 76 Not held
K1 team 17 — 2 Not held 8 15 24 Not held 2 5 5 Not held
European Championships K1 21 — 39 5 8 28 33 — 34 12 6 [a] —
Kayak crossNot held— 4 51 [a] —
K1 team 4 — 4 8 12 7 12 — 5 4 9 [a] —
  1. 1 2 3 2023 European Games

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
2016 11 Jun 2016 La Seu d'Urgell 2ndK1
2021 19 Jun 2021 Markkleeberg 1stK1
2022 25 June 2022 Tacen 3rdK1

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jakub Grigar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Jakub Grigar (SVK)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Jakub Grigar OLY". Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (in Slovak). Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Grigar získal zlato v K1 do 23 rokov". Teraz.sk (in Slovak). News Agency of the Slovak Republic. 7 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Reprezentačná sezóna 2020 prerušená". canoe.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Slalom canoeist Grigar wins second medal for Slovakia". The Slovak Spectator . 30 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Zuzana Paňková a Jakub Grigar uzavreli olympijský štvorlístok na divokej vode". Canoe.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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