Juraj Minčík
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| Nationality | Slovak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 March 1977 Spišská Stará Ves, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | C1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Juraj Minčík (born 27 March 1977 in Spišská Stará Ves)[1] is a Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1993 to 2008, specializing in the C1 event.
He competed at two Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the C1 event in Sydney in 2000, where he shared the podium with his fellow Slovak Michal Martikán. Four years earlier he finished 15th in the C1 event at the Atlanta games in Ocoee.
Minčík also won three medals in the C1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (1997, 2003) and a bronze (1995). At the European Championships he won a total 8 medals (5 golds and 3 silvers).[2]
As a coach he led Ladislav Škantár and Peter Škantár to Olympic gold and Matej Beňuš to Olympic silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]Major championships results timeline
[edit]| Event | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
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| Olympic Games | C1 | Not held | 15 | Not held | 3 | Not held | — | Not held | ||||||||
| World Championships | C1 | 23 | Not held | 32 | Not held | 7 | Not held | 9 | Not held | 4 | 15 | Not held | 6 | 15 | 12 | |
| C1 team | 13 | Not held | 3 | Not held | 1 | Not held | 6 | Not held | 4 | 1 | Not held | — | 4 | 9 | ||
| European Championships | C1 | Not held | 8 | Not held | 10 | Not held | 2 | Not held | 11 | Not held | 6 | 7 | 19 | 7 | ||
| C1 team | Not held | 6 | Not held | 1 | Not held | 1 | Not held | 1 | Not held | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
World Cup individual podiums
[edit] |  |  | Total | |
| C1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 21 June 1998 | Tacen | 3rd | C1 |
| 2 August 1998 | Wausau | 3rd | C1 | |
| 1999 | 24 June 1999 | Tacen | 3rd | C1 |
| 22 August 1999 | Augsburg | 2nd | C1 | |
| 2000 | 30 April 2000 | Penrith | 2nd | C1 |
| 23 July 2000 | Prague | 2nd | C1 | |
| 30 July 2000 | Augsburg | 1st | C1 | |
| 2001 | 27 May 2001 | Goumois | 1st | C1 |
| 3 June 2001 | Merano | 2nd | C1 | |
| 29 July 2001 | Augsburg | 1st | C1 | |
| 2002 | 28 July 2002 | Tacen | 3rd | C1 |
| 2003 | 31 July 2003 | Bratislava | 3rd | C1 |
| 2005 | 17 July 2005 | Augsburg | 2nd | C1 |
| 2006 | 4 June 2006 | Augsburg | 2nd | C1 |
| 11 June 2006 | La Seu d'Urgell | 2nd | C1 |
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juraj Minčík". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Juraj MINCIK (SVK)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Juraj Minčík má kompletnú medailovú zbierku. Sám získal bronz, ako tréner už má zlato i striebro". DennikN.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 February 2007)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)
External links
[edit]- Juraj Minčík at Olympics.com
- Juraj Minčík at Olympedia
- Juraj Minčík at the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (in Slovak)
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