Biography
Peter HOCHSCHORNER
Peter HOCHSCHORNER
SLOVAK CANOEING SLOVAK CANOEING
Male
07/09/1979
188
86
Athlete entered in:
other members of the team: Pavol HOCHSCHORNER
other members of the team: barco Pavol HOCHSCHORNER
Ladislav SKANTAR
Peter SKANTAR
Jan BATIK
Tomas KUCERA
NICKNAME:   Hokshik
SPORTING RELATIVES:   He competes in C2 slalom with his twin brother Pavol. The pair won gold together at three consecutive Olympic Games between 2000 and 2008. His father Peter Sr. and his mother Gabika represented Czechoslovakia in the sport. His sister Eva has represented Slovakia in canoe sprint. She finished seventh in K2 1000m at the 1999 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Sep 2015; iwhof.wordpress.com, 2008)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:   Bratislava, SVK
OCCUPATION:   Athlete
LANGUAGES:   Slovak & English
HIGHER EDUCATION:   Coaching, Physical Education - Comenius University: Bratislava, SVK
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:   He began paddling in 1993.
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:  
His parents encouraged him and his twin brother Pavol to take up the sport.

HERO/IDOL:   English snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan
AWARDS AND HONORS:  
He and his twin brother Pavol were voted the Canoeists of the Year by the Slovak Canoe Association nine times between 2000 and 2015. (canoeslalom.sk, 28 Apr 2016)In 2009 and 2011 he and his twin brother Pavol were voted Slovakia's Athletes of the Year. (canoeslalom.sk, 17 Feb 2015; pravda.sk, 17 Dec 2009)In 2010 he was presented with the Stur State Honour by the Slovak president. (hochschorner.sk, 09 Aug 2015)In 2009 he was inducted into the International Whitewater Hall of Fame. (NOC, 14 Jul 2012)

CLUB:   SKP Bratislava: Slovakia
NAME OF COACH:   Peter Hochschorner Sr. [father], SVK
MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT:   He and brother Pavol became the first athletes representing Slovakia to win three gold medals at the Olympic Games when they claimed their third consecutive Olympic title in Beijing in 2008. The pair also became the first canoe slalom athletes to win three Olympic gold medals. (rio2016.com, 30 Apr 2014)CAR MECHANICHe opened his own car service in Bratislava, Slovakia, and each day after training he works there as a mechanic. "One has to prepare for what will come after the sports career. Water slalom is not a sport where you can earn money for the rest of your life." (pluska.sk, 03 Feb 2016)
2015 ICF CANOE SLALOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
 
 
Start Time Event Participants Rank Results Available Information
Sep 16
10:30
Men's C2 SENIOR
Heats
SVK SVK
9
94.86
Sep 19
10:03
Men's C2 SENIOR
Semifinal
SVK SVK
12
109.04
Sep 19
15:35
Men's C2x3 SENIOR
Final
SVK SVK
6
129.13



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