Gauthier Klauss
Gauthier Klauss (born 17 December 1987) is former French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2003 to 2018, when the C2 category was removed from major events.
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| Born | 17 December 1987 Épinal, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He won a bronze medal in the C2 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He and his partner Matthieu Péché also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where they finished in 4th place in the C2 event.[1]
He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with five golds (C2: 2017, C2 team: 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015) and a bronze (C2: 2015). He also won two golds, a silver and a bronze in the C2 team event at the European Championships.[2]
Klauss won the overall world cup title in the C2 category in 2013 and 2015.
His partner in the C2 boat throughout the whole of his career was Matthieu Péché.
World Cup individual podiums
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| C2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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| 2011 | 3 July 2011 | L'Argentière-la-Bessée | 1st | C2 |
| 2012 | 26 August 2012 | Prague | 2nd | C2 |
| 2013 | 30 June 2013 | Augsburg | 1st | C2 |
| 7 July 2013 | La Seu d'Urgell | 1st | C2 | |
| 18 August 2013 | Tacen | 1st | C2[3] | |
| 25 August 2013 | Bratislava | 3rd | C2 | |
| 2014 | 17 August 2014 | Augsburg | 1st | C2 |
| 2015 | 21 June 2015 | Prague | 1st | C2 |
| 5 July 2015 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 2nd | C2 | |
| 9 August 2015 | La Seu d'Urgell | 1st | C2 | |
| 16 August 2015 | Pau | 2nd | C2 | |
| 2017 | 17 June 2017 | Prague | 2nd | C2 |
| 24 June 2017 | Augsburg | 3rd | C2 | |
| 2 September 2017 | Ivrea | 3rd | C2 | |
| 9 September 2017 | La Seu d'Urgell | 3rd | C2 |
References
- "Gauthier Klauss". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- "Gauthier KLAUSS (FRA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- Canoeing - World Cup - Slalom Tacen 2013
- 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 C2 men's team final results. - accessed 11 September 2010.