Pavol Hochschorner
Pavol Hochschorner
Personal information
Nationality
Slovak
Born
(1979-09-07 ) 7 September 1979 (age 36)
Bratislava , Czechoslovakia
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight
74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country
Slovakia
Sport
Canoe slalom
Event(s)
C-2
Pavol Hochschorner (born 7 September 1979) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who won three Olympic gold medals in the C-2 event, in 2000 , 2004 and 2008 and one bronze medal in 2012 , each time with his twin brother Peter Hochschorner as the teammate.
Hochschorner also won fourteen medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds (C-2: 2002 , 2007 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 ; C-2 team: 2009), four silvers (C-2 team: 1999 , 2011, 2013 , 2014 ) and four bronzes (C-2: 2003 , 2006 ; C-2 team: 2006, 2007).
Hochschorner has won the overall World Cup title 10 times (1999–2004, 2006–2008 and 2011) with his twin brother, which is a record in any category.
At the European Championships he has won a total of 17 medals (11 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes).
He lives in Čunovo , a borough of the Slovak capital Bratislava.
The Hochschorner brothers (Pavol in front) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Cup individual podiums
1 European Championship counting for World Cup points
2 World Championship counting for World Cup points
3 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points
4 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points
5 Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points
References
1949: France (Michel Duboille /Jacques Rosseau , Claude Neveu /Roger Paris & René Gavinet /Simon Gavinet )
1951: France (Pierre d'Alençon /Jean Dreux , Jacques Musson /André Pean & Claude Neveu /Roger Paris )
1953: France (René Gavinet /Simon Gavinet , Claude Neveu /Roger Paris & Pierre d'Alençon /Jean-Luc Houssaye )
1955: Czechoslovakia (František Hrabě /Jiří Kotana , Vladimír Lánský /Josef Hendrych & Rudolf Flégr /Milan Řehoř )
1957: Czechoslovakia (Rudolf Flégr /Milan Řehoř , Václav Havel /Josef Hendrych & František Hrabě /Jiří Kotana )
1959: East Germany (Dieter Friedrich /Horst Kleinert , Dieter Göthe /Lothar Schubert & Manfred Glöckner /Rudolf Seifert )
1961: East Germany (Gernot Bergmann /Horst Rosenhagen , Dieter Friedrich /Horst Kleinert & Günther Merkel /Manfred Merkel )
1963: East Germany (Siegfried Lück /Jürgen Noak , Günther Merkel /Manfred Merkel & Manfred Glöckner /Rudolf Seifert )
1965: Czechoslovakia (Ladislav Měšťan /Zdeněk Měšťan , Emil Pollert /Jaroslav Pollert & Jaroslav Brejcha /Milan Kalas )
1967: East Germany (Ulrich Hippauf /Willi Landers , Siegfried Lück /Jürgen Noak & Günther Merkel /Manfred Merkel )
1969: West Germany (Karl-Heinz Scheffer /Heinz-Jürgen Steinschulte , Manfred Heß /Wolfgang Wenzel & Hermann Roock /Norbert Schmidt )
1971: East Germany (Rolf-Dieter Amend /Walter Hofmann , Klaus Trummer /Jürgen Kretschmer & Uwe Franz /Ulrich Opelt )
1973: West Germany (Olaf Fricke /Michael Reimann , Karl-Heinz Scheffer /Heinz-Jürgen Steinschulte & Wilhelm Baues /Hans-Otto Schumacher )
1975: East Germany (Rolf-Dieter Amend /Walter Hofmann , Herbert Fischer /Jürgen Henze & Klaus Trummer /Jürgen Kretschmer )
1977: Czechoslovakia (Jiří Benhák /Ladislav Benhák , Radomír Halfar /Svetomír Kmošťák & Miroslav Nedvěd /Pavel Schwarc )
1979: Poland (Wojciech Kudlik /Jerzy Jeż , Jan Frączek /Ryszard Seruga & Zbigniew Czaja /Jacek Kasprzycki )
1981: Great Britain (Jock Young /Alistair Munro , Robert Joce /Robert Owen & Eric Jamieson /Robin Williams )
1983: Czechoslovakia (Miroslav Hajdučík /Milan Kučera , Dušan Zaťko /Ľudovít Tkáč & František Slavík /Jiří Decastelo )
1985: Czechoslovakia (Jiří Rohan /Miroslav Šimek , Miroslav Hajdučík /Milan Kučera & Viktor Beneš /Ondřej Mohout )
1987: France (Pierre Calori /Jacques Calori , Michel Saidi /Jérôme Daval & Gilles Lelievre /Jérôme Daille )
1989: France (Emmanuel del Rey /Thierry Saidi , Michel Saidi /Jérôme Daval & Gilles Lelievre /Jérôme Daille )
1991: France (Frank Adisson /Wilfrid Forgues , Thierry Saidi /Emmanuel del Rey & Gilles Lelievre /Jérôme Daille )
1993: Czech Republic (Marek Jiras /Tomáš Máder , Petr Štercl /Pavel Štercl & Jiří Rohan /Miroslav Šimek )
1995: Czech Republic (Jiří Rohan /Miroslav Šimek , Petr Štercl /Pavel Štercl & Jaroslav Pospíšil /Jaroslav Pollert )
1997: France (Frank Adisson /Wilfrid Forgues , Emmanuel del Rey /Thierry Saidi & Éric Biau /Bertrand Daille )
1999: Czech Republic (Marek Jiras /Tomáš Máder , Jaroslav Volf /Ondřej Štěpánek & Jaroslav Pospíšil /Jaroslav Pollert )
2002: France (Pierre Luquet /Christophe Luquet , Alexandre Lauvergne /Nathanael Fouquet & Philippe Quémerais /Yann Le Pennec )
2003: Czech Republic (Jaroslav Volf /Ondřej Štěpánek , Jaroslav Pospíšil /Jaroslav Pollert & Marek Jiras /Tomáš Máder )
2005: Non-medal event
2006: Czech Republic (Marek Jiras /Tomáš Máder , Jaroslav Volf /Ondřej Štěpánek & Jaroslav Pospíšil /Jaroslav Pollert )
2007: Czech Republic (Jaroslav Volf /Ondřej Štěpánek , Marek Jiras /Tomáš Máder & Jaroslav Pospíšil /David Mrůzek )
2009: Slovakia (Pavol Hochschorner /Peter Hochschorner , Ladislav Škantár /Peter Škantár & Tomáš Kučera /Ján Bátik )
2010: France (Denis Gargaud Chanut /Fabien Lefèvre , Gauthier Klauss /Matthieu Péché & Pierre Picco /Hugo Biso )
2011: France (Gauthier Klauss /Matthieu Péché , Pierre Labarelle /Nicolas Peschier & Denis Gargaud Chanut /Fabien Lefèvre )
2013: Czech Republic (Ondřej Karlovský /Jakub Jáně , Jonáš Kašpar /Marek Šindler & Jaroslav Volf /Ondřej Štěpánek )
2014: France (Pierre Labarelle /Nicolas Peschier , Gauthier Klauss /Matthieu Péché & Pierre Picco /Hugo Biso )
2015: France (Pierre Picco /Hugo Biso , Gauthier Klauss /Matthieu Péché & Yves Prigent /Loïc Kervella )