Gauthier Klauss (born 17 December 1987) is former French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2003. His career ended in 2018 after C2 category was removed from the World cup and World championship. He won a bronze medal in the C2 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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. He and his partner

Matthieu Péché Matthieu Patrick François Péché (born 7 October 1987, in Épinal) is former French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2003.His career ended in 2018 after C2 category was removed from the World cup and World cham ...

also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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where they finished in 4th place in the C2 event. He won six medals at the

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with five golds (C2:

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, C2 team: 2010, 2011,

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, 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. Klauss won the overall world cup title in the C2 category in

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and 2015. His partner in the C2 boat is

World Cup individual podiums

References

2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 C2 men's team final results.
- accessed 11 September 2010.

External links

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