Results - 2015 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CUP 2

Biography

Peter GELLE

NICKNAME:		Jelly, Gelee [his family name phonetically in French]. (NOC, 14 Jul 2012; pravda.sk, 22 Aug 2011)
HOBBIES:		Reading, listening to music, spending time with family. (baku2015.com, 15 Jun 2015)
OCCUPATION:		Athlete
LANGUAGES:		English, German, Hungarian, Slovak
HIGHER EDUCATION:		Sport Studies - Matej Bel University: Banská Bystrica, SVK
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:		He began paddling in 1996
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:		His first coach was Jozef Kuzel. "My first coach was a fanatic in the good sense. And under his leadership I have been trained in the secrets of speed canoeing. I like everything that has anything to do with water."
HERO/IDOL:		Norwegian sprint paddler Knut Holmann, US boxer Muhammad Ali. (NOC, 14 Jul 2012)
AWARDS AND HONORS:		He was named Slovakian Kayaker of the Year in 2010, 2012 and 2013. (24hod.sk, 17 Jan 2014; sport.aktuality.sk, 28. 0ct 2015)
CLUB:		Dukla Trencin: Slovakia
NAME OF COACH:		Radovan Simocko, SVK
TRAINING REGIME:		He likes to train in the mountains 2000m above sea level in Livigno, Italy.
MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT:		Winning gold in the K2 1000m at the 2011 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. (baku2015.com, 15 Jun 2015)