Gauthier Klauss

Gauthier Klauss (born 17 December 1987) is former French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2003 to 2018, when the C2 category was removed from major events.

He won a bronze medal in the C2 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He and his partner Matthieu Péché also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where they finished in 4th place in the C2 event.

He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with five golds (C2: 2017, C2 team: 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015) and a bronze (C2: 2015). He also won two golds, a silver and a bronze in the C2 team event at the European Championships.

Klauss won the overall world cup title in the C2 category in 2013 and 2015.

His partner in the C2 boat throughout the whole of his career was Matthieu Péché.

World Cup individual podiums Total C2 7 4 4 15

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2011 3 July 2011 L'Argentière-la-Bessée 1st C2 2012 26 August 2012 Prague 2nd C2 2013 30 June 2013 Augsburg 1st C2 7 July 2013 La Seu d'Urgell 1st C2 18 August 2013 Tacen 1st C2 25 August 2013 Bratislava 3rd C2 2014 17 August 2014 Augsburg 1st C2 2015 21 June 2015 Prague 1st C2 5 July 2015 Liptovský Mikuláš 2nd C2 9 August 2015 La Seu d'Urgell 1st C2 16 August 2015 Pau 2nd C2 2017 17 June 2017 Prague 2nd C2 24 June 2017 Augsburg 3rd C2 2 September 2017 Ivrea 3rd C2 9 September 2017 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd C2