Peter Kauzer

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 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. 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 seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (K1: 2009, 2011 ; K1 team: 2026) 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). Kauzer finished the 2009 season as the World No. 1 in the K1 event.

World Cup individual podiums Total K1 13 7 9 29

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2005 26 June 2005 Tacen 2nd K11 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 K12 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 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