Juraj Minčík

Juraj Minčík (born 27 March 1977 in Spišská Stará Ves)^[1] is a Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1993 to 2008, specializing in the C1 event.

Juraj Minčík

Personal information
Nationality	Slovak
Born	(1977-03-27) 27 March 1977 (age 47) Spišská Stará Ves, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Slovakia
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event	C1
Medal record Men's canoe slalom Representing  Slovakia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney C1 World Championships 1997 Três Coroas C1 team 2003 Augsburg C1 team 1995 Nottingham C1 team European Championships 1998 Roudnice nad Labem C1 team 2000 Mezzana C1 team 2002 Bratislava C1 team 2005 Tacen C1 team 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 team 2000 Mezzana C1 2004 Skopje C1 team 2006 L'Argentière-la-Bessée C1 team Junior European Championships 1995 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 team 1995 Liptovský Mikuláš C1

He competed at two Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the C1 event in Sydney in 2000, where he shared the podium with his fellow Slovak Michal Martikán. Four years earlier he finished 15th in the C1 event at the Atlanta games in Ocoee.

Minčík also won three medals in the C1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (1997, 2003) and a bronze (1995). At the European Championships he won a total 8 medals (5 golds and 3 silvers).^[2]

As a coach he led Ladislav Škantár and Peter Škantár to Olympic gold and Matej Beňuš to Olympic silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Career statistics

Major championships results timeline

Event		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Olympic Games	C1	Not held			15	Not held			3	Not held			—	Not held
World Championships	C1	23	Not held	32	Not held	7	Not held	9	Not held		4	15	Not held	6	15	12
	C1 team	13	Not held	3	Not held	1	Not held	6	Not held		4	1	Not held	—	4	9
European Championships	C1	Not held			8	Not held	10	Not held	2	Not held	11	Not held	6	7	19	7
	C1 team	Not held			6	Not held	1	Not held	1	Not held	1	Not held	2	1	2	1

World Cup individual podiums

				Total
C1	3	7	5	15

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
1998	21 June 1998	Tacen	3rd	C1
	2 August 1998	Wausau	3rd	C1
1999	24 June 1999	Tacen	3rd	C1
	22 August 1999	Augsburg	2nd	C1
2000	30 April 2000	Penrith	2nd	C1
	23 July 2000	Prague	2nd	C1
	30 July 2000	Augsburg	1st	C1
2001	27 May 2001	Goumois	1st	C1
	3 June 2001	Merano	2nd	C1
	29 July 2001	Augsburg	1st	C1
2002	28 July 2002	Tacen	3rd	C1
2003	31 July 2003	Bratislava	3rd	C1
2005	17 July 2005	Augsburg	2nd	C1
2006	4 June 2006	Augsburg	2nd	C1
	11 June 2006	La Seu d'Urgell	2nd	C1

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
2. "Juraj MINCIK (SVK)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
3. "Juraj Minčík má kompletnú medailovú zbierku. Sám získal bronz, ako tréner už má zlato i striebro". DennikN.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 23 October 2023.

• at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 February 2007)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)

External links

• Juraj Minčík at Olympics.com 
• Juraj Minčík at Olympedia 
• Juraj Minčík at the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (in Slovak)