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Nationality | Slovak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Žilina, Czechoslovakia | 27 April 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe slalom, Wildwater canoeing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | C1, C2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jaroslav Slúčik is (born 27 April 1963 in Žilina) [1] a former Czechoslovak-Slovak wildwater canoeist and slalom canoeist who competed in canoe slalom in the 1980s and in wildwater canoeing until 2013.
He is a five time world champion in the C2 classic discipline and one time world champion in C2 sprint at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships where he competed together with Vladimír Vala. [2]
He participated in two ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, winning a bronze medal in the C1 team event at the 1987 World Championships in Bourg St.-Maurice. [3]
Event | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | |
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World Championships | C1 | 25 | Not held | 27 |
C1 team | — | Not held | 3 |
Slúčik won seven editions of the Wildwater Canoeing World Cup in C2 classic. [4]
![]() | Season |
Discipline | |
1992 | C2 classic |
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1995 | C2 classic |
1998 | C2 classic |
1999 | C2 classic |
2003 | C2 classic |
2004 | C2 classic |
2005 | C2 classic |
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