Roman Vajs


Roman Vajs 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.
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

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
19952 Jul 1995Tacen3rdC2
199821 Jun 1998Tacen2ndC2
199813 Sep 1998La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
199924 Jun 1999Tacen3rdC2
199915 Aug 1999Bratislava3rdC2
200228 Jul 2002Tacen1stC2