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Peter Škantár

1982 - Today

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Peter Škantár (born 20 July 1982) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1998 to 2018, specializing in the C2 discipline, where he teamed up with his cousin Ladislav Škantár. Peter and Ladislav won an Olympic gold medal in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro in the C2 event. They also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C2 team: 2009), five silvers (C2: 2009, 2017; C2 team: 2011, 2013, 2014) and four bronzes (C2: 2011, 2013, 2014; C2 team: 2007). At the European Championships they won a total of 13 medals (7 golds, 1 silver and 5 bronzes). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Peter Škantár is the 4,685th most popular athlete (up from 4,866th in 2024), the 384th most popular biography from Slovakia and the 25th most popular Slovak Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Peter Škantár ranks 4,685 out of 6,025. Before him are Harald Østberg Amundsen, Leonardo Fioravanti, Antonín Hájek, Martin Marinov, Marc Weber, and Jang Yong-ho. After him are Jaroslav Soukup, Ramzy Al-Duhami, Michael Norman, Katharina Molitor, Paraskevi Papachristou, and Olesya Zykina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Peter Škantár ranks 960. Before him are Mark Renshaw, Leonardo Henriques da Silva, Julia Schruff, Won Woo-young, Tamilla Abbasova, and Tony Allen. After him are Jaroslav Soukup, Kristjan Kangur, David Wright, Wolfgang Linger, Gerald Wallace, and Živko Gocić.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Peter Škantár ranks 384 out of 418. Before him are Viktória Kužmová (1998), Ľuboš Kamenár (1987), Jakub Sylvestr (1989), Martin Velits (1985), Richard Lintner (1977), and Marek Svatoš (1982). After him are Martin Valjent (1995), Ján Laco (1981), Jaroslav Halák (1985), Marián Kelemen (1979), Tomáš Kopecký (1982), and Július Hudáček (1988).

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Among ATHLETES In Slovakia

Among athletes born in Slovakia, Peter Škantár ranks 25. Before him are Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková (1984), Libor Charfreitag (1977), Juraj Minčík (1977), Jozef Krnáč (1977), Paulína Fialková (1992), and Martina Halinárová (1973). After him are Michal Riszdorfer (1977), Juraj Tarr (1979), Rastislav Staňa (1980), Erik Vlček (1981), Martina Hrašnová (1983), and Ladislav Škantár (1983).

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