Alexander Slafkovský


Alexander Slafkovský is a former Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1998 to 2023, specializing in the C1 event.
Slafkovský won 15 medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with ten golds, five silvers and one bronze.
At the European Championships he won a total of 22 medals, including a silver in the C1 team event at the 2023 European Games in Kraków. Slafkovský also won the overall World Cup title in the C1 class in 2012, 2016 and 2018. He finished the 2017 season as the World No. 1 in the C1 event.
In spite of being one of the top C1 paddlers of his generation, he has never competed at the Olympic Games, where during his career only one boat per country has been allowed to race in each discipline. First he was denied qualification by Michal Martikán in 2004. Due to an injury sustained while skiing, he missed most of the 2007 season, which prevented him from competing for a spot at the 2008 Games. He lost to Martikán again in the internal fight for the 2012 games and then to Matej Beňuš in the three subsequent cycles.
Slafkovský announced his retirement from the sport in 2024.
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Personal life

His father, who is also named Alexander, is a former mayor of Liptovský Mikuláš and his second cousin Juraj Slafkovský is an ice hockey player.

Career statistics

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
200423 May 2004La Seu d'Urgell3rdC1
200526 June 2005Tacen2ndC1[|1]
200816 March 2008Penrith3rdC1[|2]
200829 June 2008Tacen2ndC1
200928 June 2009Pau2ndC1
20095 July 2009Bratislava2ndC1
201019 June 2010Prague3rdC1
201125 June 2011Tacen3rdC1
201113 August 2011Prague1stC1
20129 June 2012Cardiff3rdC1
201216 June 2012Pau3rdC1
201225 August 2012Prague2ndC1
20121 September 2012Bratislava1stC1
201329 June 2013Augsburg1stC1
20142 August 2014La Seu d'Urgell1stC1
20154 July 2015Liptovský Mikuláš2ndC1
201611 June 2016La Seu d'Urgell1stC1
201618 June 2016Pau1stC1
201610 September 2016Tacen2ndC1
20173 September 2017Ivrea2ndC1
201710 September 2017La Seu d'Urgell2ndC1
201823 June 2018Liptovský Mikuláš2ndC1
201830 June 2018Kraków2ndC1
20187 July 2018Augsburg2ndC1
20181 September 2018Tacen2ndC1
201929 June 2019Tacen3rdC1
201931 August 2019Markkleeberg1stC1
202226 June 2022Tacen1stC1