Peter Škantár

Peter Škantár (born 20 July 1982) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1998 to 2018, along with his cousin Ladislav Škantár in the C2 class. They retired from canoe slalom in 2018 after the C2 event was discontinued and subsequently switched to wildwater canoeing.[2] They announced retirement from wildwater canoeing during the 2021 World Championships in their hometown Bratislava where they didn't start due to Ladislav's injury.[3]

Peter Škantár
Personal information
Born (1982-07-20) 20 July 1982[1]
Kežmarok, Czechoslovakia
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe slalom
Event(s)C2
ClubŠKP Bratislava
Medal record
Representing  Slovakia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 1 5 4
European Championships 7 1 5
U23 European Championships 3 0 1
Junior World Championships 0 1 0
Total 12 7 10
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroC2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 La Seu d'UrgellC2 team
Silver medal – second place2009 La Seu d'UrgellC2
Silver medal – second place2011 BratislavaC2 team
Silver medal – second place2013 PragueC2 team
Silver medal – second place2014 Deep Creek LakeC2 team
Silver medal – second place2017 PauC2
Bronze medal – third place2007 Foz do IguaçuC2 team
Bronze medal – third place2011 BratislavaC2
Bronze medal – third place2013 PragueC2
Bronze medal – third place2014 Deep Creek LakeC2
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 TacenC2 team
Gold medal – first place2007 Liptovský MikulášC2
Gold medal – first place2010 BratislavaC2
Gold medal – first place2014 ViennaC2
Gold medal – first place2014 ViennaC2 team
Gold medal – first place2015 MarkkleebergC2 team
Gold medal – first place2016 Liptovský MikulášC2 team
Silver medal – second place2008 KrakówC2
Bronze medal – third place2004 SkopjeC2
Bronze medal – third place2005 TacenC2
Bronze medal – third place2008 KrakówC2 team
Bronze medal – third place2011 La Seu d'UrgellC2
Bronze medal – third place2011 La Seu d'UrgellC2 team
U23 European Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 BratislavaC2
Gold medal – first place2004 KrakówC2
Gold medal – first place2005 KrakówC2
Bronze medal – third place2004 KrakówC2 team
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place2000 BratislavaC2

Career

He won an Olympic gold medal in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro in the C2 event.[4] He 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). He won the overall World Cup title in the C2 category in 2009, 2010 and 2014. At the European Championships Škantár won a total of 13 medals (7 golds, 1 silver and 5 bronzes).[5]

As of 2021 he is the coach of Matej Beňuš.[3]

Peter Škantár (back) during the 2019 Wildwater Canoe World Championships.

Major championships results timeline
Event 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Olympic Games C2 Not held — Not held — Not held — Not held — Not held 1 Not held
World Championships C2 26 Not held — — Not held 6 — 9 Not held 2 14 3 Not held 3 3 16 Not held 2 Not held
C2 team — Not held — — Not held — — 3 Not held 1 4 2 Not held 2 2 6 Not held 3A Not held
European Championships C2 Not held — Not held — Not held 3 3 — 1 2 4 1 3 7 10 1 15 6 9 8
C2 team Not held — Not held 7 Not held 2A 1 — 6 3 6 5 3 6 4 1 1 1 4 4
A Not a medal event due to low number of participating nations

World Cup individual podiums
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
C295721
Season Date Venue Position Event
200311 May 2003Penrith3rdC2
200526 June 2005Tacen3rdC21
10 July 2005Athens3rdC2
24 July 2005La Seu d'Urgell3rdC2
200714 July 2007Augsburg3rdC2
200829 June 2008Tacen2ndC2
5 July 2008Augsburg2ndC2
200928 June 2009Pau1stC2
5 July 2009Bratislava2ndC2
201021 February 2010Penrith1stC22
27 June 2010La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
201126 June 2011Tacen3rdC2
201217 June 2012Pau2ndC2
24 June 2012La Seu d'Urgell2ndC2
20148 June 2014Lee Valley3rdC2
15 June 2014Tacen1stC2
22 June 2014Prague1stC2
3 August 2014La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
20164 September 2016Prague1stC2
11 September 2016Tacen1stC2
20172 September 2017Ivrea1stC2
1 European Championship counting for World Cup points
2 Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points

References
  1. Peter Škantár Archived 2016-08-14 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. "Hochschornerovci a Škantárovci nekončia, vodný slalom vymenia za šprint". Sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. "Lúčenie Škantárovcov je definitívne, no obaja pri vode zostanú". Sport.aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Škantár". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. "Peter SKANTAR (SVK)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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