Peter Kauzer

Peter Kauzer

Kauzer in 2024
Personal information
Nationality	Slovenian
Born	(1983-09-08) 8 September 1983 (age 42) Trbovlje, Slovenia [1]
Home town	Hrastnik, Slovenia
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Slovenia
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event	K1
Club	BD Steklarna Hrastnik
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	No. 1 (2009)
Medal record Representing   Slovenia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro K1 World Championships 2009 La Seu d'Urgell K1 2011 Bratislava K1 2005 Penrith K1 team 2017 Pau K1 2017 Pau K1 team 2021 Bratislava K1 team European Championships 2005 Tacen K1 team 2006 L'Argentière K1 team 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 team 2010 Bratislava K1 2011 La Seu d'Urgell K1 team 2018 Prague K1 2005 Tacen K1 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 2019 Pau K1 team 2020 Prague K1 2010 Bratislava K1 team 2018 Prague K1 team 2021 Ivrea K1 U23 European Championships 2006 Nottingham K1 2004 Kraków K1 team Junior World Championships 2000 Bratislava K1 team

Peter Kauzer (born 8 September 1983) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1999. specializing in the K1 evemt. With an Olympic silver medal, two individual world titles and three overall World Cup titles, he is one of the most successful K1 paddlers of all time.

Career

Kauzer at the 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships

Kauzer has competed at five Summer Olympics. He finished 13th in the K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after being eliminated in the semi-finals. 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 semi-final, but after a disappointing run in the final he could only finish in sixth place. ^[1] He was also the Slovenian flag-bearer at the London games. ^[2] He won his first Olympic medal, a silver in the K1 event, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He then finished 12th in the K1 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after being eliminated in the semi-final. He also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing 18th in the K1 event and 24th in kayak cross.

He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1: 2009, ^[3] 2011 ^[4] ) and four bronzes (K1: 2017, K1 team: 2005, 2017, 2021).

Kauzer won the overall World Cup title in 2009, 2011 and 2015 in K1.

At the European Championships he has won a total of 13 medals (6 golds, 4 silvers and 3 bronzes). ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} Kauzer finished the 2009 season as the World No. 1 in the K1 event. ^[9]

World Cup individual podiums

				Total
K1	13	7	9	29

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
2005	26 June 2005	Tacen	2nd	K1 1
	10 July 2005	Athens	3rd	K1
2006	11 June 2006	La Seu d'Urgell	1st	K1
2008	29 June 2008	Tacen	1st	K1
2009	28 June 2009	Pau	1st	K1
	11 July 2009	Augsburg	1st	K1
	3 August 2009	Kananaskis	2nd	K1 2
2010	27 June 2010	La Seu d'Urgell	3rd	K1
2011	25 June 2011	Tacen	1st	K1
	2 July 2011	L'Argentière-la-Bessée	1st	K1
	13 August 2011	Prague	3rd	K1
2013	17 August 2013	Tacen	1st	K1 [10]
	24 August 2013	Bratislava	2nd	K1
2015	4 July 2015	Liptovský Mikuláš	3rd	K1
	15 August 2015	Pau	1st	K1
2016	11 June 2016	La Seu d'Urgell	3rd	K1
	10 September 2016	Tacen	1st	K1
2017	2 September 2017	Ivrea	3rd	K1
	9 September 2017	La Seu d'Urgell	1st	K1
2018	1 July 2018	Kraków	2nd	K1
	8 July 2018	Augsburg	1st	K1
2019	30 June 2019	Tacen	2nd	K1
2020	17 October 2020	Tacen	2nd	K1
2021	4 September 2021	La Seu d'Urgell	3rd	K1
	11 September 2021	Pau	2nd	K1
2022	11 June 2022	Prague	1st	K1
2023	2 September 2023	La Seu d'Urgell	1st	K1
2024	31 May 2024	Augsburg	3rd	K1
	14 September 2024	Ivrea	3rd	K1

¹ European Championship counting for World Cup points

² Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

References

1. "Peter Kauzer". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
2. "ICF – London 2012: Four Paddlers Selected as Flag-bearers for Opening Ceremony". canoeicf.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
3. Canoeing – World Championships – Slalom canoeing 2009. The-sports.org (13 September 2009). Retrieved 11 August 2016.
4. Canoeing – World Championships – Slalom canoeing 2011. The-sports.org (11 September 2011). Retrieved 11 August 2016.
5. "Peter KAUZER (SLO)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
6. Canoeing – European Championships – Slalom Canoeing 2010. The-sports.org (15 August 2010). Retrieved 11 August 2016.
7. Canoeing – European Championships – Slalom Canoeing 2011. The-sports.org (12 June 2011). Retrieved 11 August 2016.
8. Canoeing – European Championships – Slalom Canoeing 2010. The-sports.org (15 August 2010). Retrieved 11 August 2016.
9. "ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings" . Retrieved 18 September 2021.
10. Canoeing – World Cup – Slalom Tacen 2013. The-sports.org (18 August 2013). Retrieved 11 August 2016.

• 13 September 2009 final results of the men's K1 event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 October 2009) – accessed 13 September 2009.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)

External links

• Peter Kauzer at the International Canoe Federation
• Peter Kauzer at Olympedia
• Peter Kauzer at Olympics.com
• Peter Kauzer at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Peter Kauzer at Team Slovenia (in Slovene)
• Peter Kauzer on Instagram

Olympic Games
Preceded by Urška Žolnir	Flagbearer for   Slovenia London 2012	Succeeded by Vasilij Žbogar