Pavol Hochschorner


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Birth date
Age
07/09/1979 - Bratislava (SVK) 
33
Height
Weight
Gender
176 cm / 5'9" 
75 kg / 165 lbs 
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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
1Canoe Double (C2)2008Beijing, CHN190.82
1Canoe Double (C2)2004Athens, GRE209.16
1Canoe Double (C2)2000Sydney, NSW, AUS237.74
World Championships
1Canoe Double (C2)2011Bratislava, SVK106.76
1Canoe Double (C2)2010Tacen, SLO105.35
1Canoe Double (C2)2009La Seu d'Urgell, ESP105.70
1C2 Team2009La Seu d'Urgell, ESP113.51
1Canoe Double (C2)2007Foz do Iguacu, BRA206.81
1Canoe Double (C2)2002Bourg-Saint-Maurice, FRA206.21
2C2 Team1999La Seu d'Urgell, ESP131.86
3C2 Team2011Bratislava, SVK129.94
3C2 Team2007Foz do Iguacu, BRA239.37
3Canoe Double (C2)2006Prague, CZE229.84
3C2 Team2006Prague, CZE269.93
3Canoe Double (C2)2003Augsburg, GER225.17
4C2 Team2010Tacen, SLO127.47
European Championships
1Canoe Double (C2)2011La Seu d'Urgell, ESP107.05
1Canoe Double (C2)2009Nottingham, GBR101.20
2Canoe Double (C2)2012Augsburg, GER106.49
2C2 Team2011La Seu d'Urgell, ESP124.24
5C2 Team2010Cunovo, SVK177.69
6C2 Team2012Augsburg, GER
6C2 Team2009Nottingham, GBR
7Canoe Double (C2)2010Cunovo, SVK106.20
Oceania Open Championships
2Canoe Double (C2)2010Penrith, NSW, AUS111.60
World Cup
1Canoe Double (C2)2011Markkleeberg, GER114.29
1Canoe Double (C2)2011Tacen, SLO104.89
1Canoe Double (C2)2009Bratislava, SVK99.73
2Canoe Double (C2)2010Prague, CZE108.38
2Canoe Double (C2)2010Penrith, NSW, AUS111.60
2Canoe Double (C2)2009Augsburg, GER114.35
3Canoe Double (C2)2012Cardiff, GBR109.04
World Cup (Ranking)
1Canoe Double (C2)2011170
1Canoe Double (C2)200999.73
2Canoe Double (C2)2010169

Nickname

Pepa. (Athlete, 06 Sep 1999)

Hobbies

Sports, cars and electronics. (NOC Media Guide, 2004)

Education

Electrical Engineering, Bratislava, SVK

Club name

SKP Bratislava, Bratislava, SVK

Coach

Peter Hochschorner snr [father] (SVK) from 1995 (iwhof.org, 24 Aug 2008)

Handedness

Right (Athlete, 06 Sep 1999)

Sporting relatives

Alongside his brother he competed in flatwater before changing to slalom in 1996. (iwhof.org, 01 Sep 2011)

Other sports

His competes in C2 slalom with his twin brother, Peter. His father, Peter Snr, and his mother, Gaba, also competed in slalom canoeing while his sister Eva competed in flatwater canoeing. (slovakradio.sk 2000; Athlete, 06 Sep 1999)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
Age 15 in modern day Slovakia. (Athlete, 06 Sep 1999)

Reason for taking up this sport
"Family tradition." (Athlete, 06 Sep 1999)

Ambitions
To win a medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (Planet Canoe, 02 Apr 2012)

Training
Every year he spends time training in Australia. (bulvar.atlas.sk, 12 Feb 2009)

Most influential person in career
His coach and father, Peter Hochschorner Snr. (Athlete, 06 Sep 1999)

Awards
In 2009 was inducted into the International Whitewater Hall of Fame. (canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2010)

In 2009 he, along with his brother Peter, was voted Slovakia's Athlete of the Year by the country's journalists. (sport.pravda.sk, 17 Dec 2009)

In 2007, along with his brother he was voted as the most successful athlete in Bratislava. (osobnosti.sk, 01 Jan 2007)

He was awarded the Gold Rings in 2002 for representing Slovakia at the Olympic Games. (osobnosti.sk, 01 Jan 2007)

He won the '2002 World No Tobacco Day Award', along with his brother Peter, for his participation in the Slovakian Olympic Committee's campaign for a clean Olympic Games. The committee's slogan is, "no alcohol, no drugs, no doping, no tobacco". The brothers are non smokers and role models for sport and for smoke-free life. (weltnichtrauchertag.de, 31 May 2002)

General
OLYMPIC GOLD RECORD
Their gold at the Beijing Olympic Games meant that along with his brother he became most decorated athlete in Olympic canoeing history with three gold medals. (dailyhouse.com, 17 Aug 2011)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000


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