Ladislav Škantár

Ladislav Škantár

Škantár at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	11 February 1983 (1983-02-11) (age 34) Kežmarok, Czechoslovakia
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe slalom
Medal record Representing  Slovakia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 1 4 4 European Championships 7 1 5 Total 9 5 9 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro C-2 World Championships 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C-2 team 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C-2 2011 Bratislava C-2 team 2013 Prague C-2 team 2014 Deep Creek Lake C-2 team 2007 Foz do Iguaçu C-2 team 2011 Bratislava C-2 2013 Prague C-2 2014 Deep Creek Lake C-2 European Championships 2005 Tacen C-2 team 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš C-2 2010 Bratislava C-2 2014 Vienna C-2 2014 Vienna C-2 team 2015 Markkleeberg C-2 team 2016 Liptovský Mikuláš C-2 team 2008 Kraków C-2 2004 Skopje C-2 2005 Tacen C-2 2008 Kraków C-2 team 2011 La Seu d'Urgell C-2 2011 La Seu d'Urgell C-2 team

Ladislav Škantár (born 11 February 1983) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s along with his cousin Peter Škantár in the C2 category.

He won an Olympic gold medal in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro in the C2 event and nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C-2 team: 2009), four silvers (C-2: 2009; C-2 team: 2011, 2013, 2014) and four bronzes (C-2: 2011, 2013, 2014; C-2 team: 2007). He also won the overall World Cup title in the C-2 category in 2009, 2010 and 2014. At the European Championships Škantár won a total of 13 medals (7 golds, 1 silver and 5 bronzes).