Biography
Peter GELLE
Peter GELLE
SLOVAK CANOEING SLOVAK CANOEING
Male
23/08/1984
183
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Athlete entered in:
other members of the team: Adam BOTEK
other members of the team: barco Juraj TARR
Tibor LINKA
Erik VLCEK
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)
2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CUP 1
Results
 
 
Start Time Event Participants Rank Results Available Information
Jun 5
11:51
 
Men's 1000m K2 SENIOR
Heats 1
SVK SVK
2
0:03:19.337
Jun 5
14:44
 
Men's 1000m K2 SENIOR
Semifinal 1
SVK SVK
1
0:03:21.512
Jun 5
16:52
 
Men's 1000m K2 SENIOR
Final A
SVK SVK
4
0:03:13.000
Jul 5
17:26
 
Men's 500m K4 SENIOR
Heats 2
SVK SVK
3
0:01:21.506
Aug 5
9:30
 
Men's 500m K4 SENIOR
Semifinal 1
SVK SVK
4
0:01:20.223
Aug 5
13:24
 
Men's 500m K4 SENIOR
Final B
SVK SVK
2
0:01:19.638



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