Peter Kauzer


Peter Kauzer 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.
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Career

Kauzer has competed at five Summer Olympics. He finished 13th in the [Canoeing at the 2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|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 was also the Slovenian flag-bearer at the London games. He won his first Olympic medal, a silver in the [Canoeing at the 2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|K1 event], at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He then finished 12th in the [Canoeing at the 2020 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2020 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|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 [Canoeing at the 2024 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2024 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|K1 event] and 24th in kayak cross.
He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds and four bronzes.
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. Kauzer finished the 2009 season as the World No. 1 in the K1 event.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
200526 June 2005Tacen2ndK1[|1]
200510 July 2005Athens3rdK1
200611 June 2006La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
200829 June 2008Tacen1stK1
200928 June 2009Pau1stK1
200911 July 2009Augsburg1stK1
20093 August 2009Kananaskis2ndK1[|2]
201027 June 2010La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
201125 June 2011Tacen1stK1
20112 July 2011L'Argentière-la-Bessée1stK1
201113 August 2011Prague3rdK1
201317 August 2013Tacen1stK1
201324 August 2013Bratislava2ndK1
20154 July 2015Liptovský Mikuláš3rdK1
201515 August 2015Pau1stK1
201611 June 2016La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
201610 September 2016Tacen1stK1
20172 September 2017Ivrea3rdK1
20179 September 2017La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
20181 July 2018Kraków2ndK1
20188 July 2018Augsburg1stK1
201930 June 2019Tacen2ndK1
202017 October 2020Tacen2ndK1
20214 September 2021La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
202111 September 2021Pau2ndK1
202211 June 2022Prague1stK1
20232 September 2023La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
202431 May 2024Augsburg3rdK1
202414 September 2024Ivrea3rdK1