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Peter Cibák

Peter Cibák
Personal information
NationalitySlovak
Born (1981-03-02) 2 March 1981 (age 43)
Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
CountrySlovakia
SportCanoe slalom
EventK1

Peter Cibák (born 2 March 1981 in Liptovský Mikuláš)[1][2] is a Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2010, specializing in the K1 discipline.

He won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Penrith, becoming the first Slovak paddler to win an individual K1 medal at the World Championships. He also won 2 bronze medals at the 2002 European Championships in Bratislava (K1 and K1 team).[3]

Cibák finished 12th in the K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after being eliminated in the semifinals in his only Olympic appearance.

Ice-hockey player Martin Cibák is his cousin. Ondrej Cibák, the whitewater course designer, was his grandfather.

Career statistics

Major championships results timeline

Event 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Olympic Games K1 Not held Not held Not held 12 Not held
World Championships K1 33 Not held 23 Not held 87 31 Not held 3 9 41 Not held 12
K1 team 6 Not held 4 Not held 6 24 Not held 4 7 8 Not held 14
European Championships K1 Not held Not held 22 Not held 3 Not held 4 44 40 14 31 24
K1 team Not held Not held 5 Not held 3 Not held 5 12 7 5 17 11

World Cup individual podiums

Season Date Venue Position Event
2001 10 Jun 2001 Tacen 2nd K1
2003 11 May 2003 Penrith 3rd K1
2005 2 Oct 2005 Penrith 3rd K11
1 World Championship counting for World Cup points

References

  1. ^ "Peter Cibák". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Peter Cibák". Olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Peter CIBAK (SVK)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 3 December 2017.