Roman Vajs

Roman Vajs (born 18 November 1974 in Liptovský Mikuláš) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2004, specializing in the C2 discipline.

Vajs won two medals in the C2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 1999 and a bronze in 1993. He won the overall World Cup title in the C2 class in 1998. He also won 3 medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze).

Vajs finished 13th in the C2 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

His partner in the C2 boat until 2000 was Roman Štrba, who was paralyzed in an accident in March 2001. In the years after Štrba's accident, Vajs teamed up with Pavol Hric who had competed in K1 until then.

Career statistics

Major championships results timeline

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 1995 2 Jul 1995 Tacen 3rd C2 1998 21 Jun 1998 Tacen 2nd C2 13 Sep 1998 La Seu d'Urgell 1st C2 1999 24 Jun 1999 Tacen 3rd C2 15 Aug 1999 Bratislava 3rd C2 2002 28 Jul 2002 Tacen 1st C2