Gauthier Klauss

Gauthier Klauss

Klauss with the bronze medal won at 2016 Summer Olympics
Medal record Men's canoe slalom Representing  France Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro C-2 World Championships 2010 Tacen C-2 team 2011 Bratislava C-2 team 2014 Deep Creek Lake C-2 team 2015 London C-2 team 2015 London C-2 European Championships 2013 Kraków C-2 team 2014 Vienna C-2 team

Gauthier Klauss (born 17 December 1987, in Épinal) is a French slalom canoeist who has competed since the mid-2000s.

He won a bronze medal in the C2 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he finished in 4th place in the C2 event.

He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds (C-2 team: 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015) and a bronze (C-2: 2015). He also won a gold and a silver medal in the C-2 team event at the European Championships.

Klauss won the overall world cup title in the C-2 category in 2013 and 2015.

His partner in the boat is Matthieu Péché.