Biography
Michal MARTIKAN
 SLOVAK CANOEING
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| Male | |
| 18/05/1979 | |
| 170 | |
| 73 |
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| HOBBIES: | ice hockey, golf, windsurfing, ski mountaineering, ultra light aircraft | |
| SPORTING RELATIVES: | His father and coach, Jozef Martikan, also competed in slalom canoeing | |
| FACEBOOK: | https://www.facebook.com/martikanmichal/ | |
| YOUTUBE: | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmURmq0_AvkphG9hxEyGnPw | |
| INSTAGRAM: | https://www.instagram.com/michalmartikan/ | |
| PLACE OF RESIDENCE: | Liptovsky Mikulas | |
| OCCUPATION: | Athlete | |
| LANGUAGES: | Slovak, English, German | |
| WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?: | Started aged 9 | |
| MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER: | Jozef Martikan | |
| HERO/IDOL: | British paddler Richard Fox | |
| SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO: | "Victories are wonderful, but losses give much more motivation. You cannot win without analysing your losses and mistakes." | |
| FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE: | Athens canoe slalom course | |
| FAVOURITE FOOD: | "bryndzove halusky", sushi | |
| AWARDS AND HONORS: | He was named Slovak Canoe Association whitewater Athlete of the Year eight times between 2003 and 2014. (canoeslalom.sk, 23 Dec 2015)In 2010 he was inducted into the Whitewater Hall of Fame in Bretton Woods, NH, United States of America. (NOC, 14 Jul 2012)He was named Slovakian Athlete of the Year four times, in 1996, 1997, 2007 and 2008. (tvnoviny.sk, 22 Dec 2015) | |
| CLUB: | Kanoe Tatra Klub Dukla Liptovsky Mikulas | |
| NAME OF COACH: | Jozef Martikan | |
| NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH: | Slovakian | |
| SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN COACHED BY HIM/ HER?: | 1988 | |
| TRAINING REGIME: | Canoe slalom - 4 hours a day Regeneration - 12 hours a day Compensation exercise - 1 hour a day Other training - 1 hour a day | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR: | 1994 | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY: | UK | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION: | World Cup | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION: | Nottingham | |
| MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT: | Olympic golds. Winning gold at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta | |
| OTHER INFORMATION: | At Athens in 2004 he became the first slalom canoeist to win three Olympic medals. Since then he has become the only slalom canoeist to win five Olympic medals, which he achieved at five consecutive Games from 1996 to 2012 [also an unprecedented feat]. In 2014 he won his fifth overall World Cup title, more than any other C1 paddler, and he won a medal at 13 consecutive world championships from 1995 to 2014. In 1995, at age 16, he became the youngest canoe slalom World Cup winner. Then in 1996, at age 17, he became the first Olympic champion in any sport from the newly independent nation of Slovakia. (IOC, 13 Sep 2005; sport.pravda.sk, 20 Sep 2014) |
2014 66TH INTERNATIONAL TATRA CANOE SLALOM
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