Michal Martikán

About Michal Martikán

Michal Martikán (Slovak pronunciation: [?m?xal ?mart?ka?n]; born 18 May 1979) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has been competing since the mid-1990s. In 1996 he became the first athlete to win an 

Olympic Games gold medal for Slovakia since the country gained independence in 1993. In total he won 5 Olympic medals (2 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze), which is the most among all slalom paddlers. 

He has also won the World Championship title in the C-1 individual category four times. He is considered by many the greatest C-1 slalom paddler alive.

Michal Martikán Achievements

Olympic Games:

1996 Summer Olympics-Gold Medal

2008 Summer Olympics-Gold Medal

2000 Summer Olympics-Sliver Medal

2004 Summer Olympics-Sliver Medal

2012 Summer Olympics-Bronze medal

ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships:

Gold medal -1997 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1

Gold medal -1997 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal -2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1

Gold medal -2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1

Gold medal -2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal-2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1

Gold medal-2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal-2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal-2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal -2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal -2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1 team

Silver medal-2006 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1

Silver medal-2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1

Silver medal -2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1

Bronze medal-1995 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1

Bronze medal-1995 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1 team

Bronze medal-1999  ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1

Bronze medal-2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsC-1

European Canoe Slalom Championships:

Gold medal -1998 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal -2000 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal -2002 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal -2005 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal -2007 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1

Gold medal –2007 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal -2008 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1

Gold medal -2008 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal -2009 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1

Gold medal -2010 BEuropean Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1

Gold medal -2010 BEuropean Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal -2012 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1 team

Gold medal -2015 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1 team

Silver medal -1998 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1

Silver medal -2006 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1

Silver medal -2006 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1 team

Silver medal -2014 VEuropean Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1

Bronze medal -2014 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsC-1 team