Matej Beňuš

Matej Beňuš

Personal information
Nationality	Slovakia
Born	(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 29)
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Medal record Men's canoe slalom Representing  Slovakia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro C-1 World Championships 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C-1 team 2010 Tacen C-1 team 2011 Bratislava C-1 team 2013 Prague C-1 team 2014 Deep Creek Lake C-1 team 2015 London C-1 team 2011 Bratislava C-1 European Championships 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš C-1 team 2008 Kraków C-1 team 2010 Bratislava C-1 team 2012 Augsburg C-1 team 2013 Kraków C-1 team 2015 Markkleeberg C-1 team 2016 Liptovský Mikuláš C-1 team 2010 Bratislava C-1 2013 Kraków C-1 2015 Markkleeberg C-1

Matej Beňuš (born 2 November 1987 in Bratislava) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed since the early 2000s.

He won a silver medal in the C1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds (C-1 team: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015) and a bronze (C-1: 2011). He is double overall world cup champion in the C-1 category (2010, 2015). At the European Championships he won a total of ten medals (7 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronzes).

His parents introduced him to this sport at a young age, and he took it up at age 11. His first major international competition was the 2002 World Junior Championships, where he finished 23rd in the C-1 category. Next year, he competed in the 2003 European Junior Championships, taking ninth place in the individual discipline and sixth place in the team event, with Ján Bátik and Peter Hajdu. He won his first medals in the 2004 season: gold at the 2004 European Junior Championships in Krakow in the individual C-1 category and two silver medals at the 2004 World Junior Championships, in both individual and team events. Next season was his last in the junior category, at the 2005 European Junior Championships he placed eight in the individual and fourth in the team event. In 2004, he was named the Junior of the Year and in 2005 the Talent of the Year by the Slovak Canoe Association.

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