Ján Bátik (born 17 January 1986 in

Liptovský Mikuláš Liptovský Mikuláš (; until 1952 ''Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš'', ; ) is a town in northern Slovakia, on the Váh River, about from Bratislava. It lies in the Liptov region, in Podtatranská kotlina, Liptov Basin near the Low Tatra and Tat ...

) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2002 to 2018. He competed in the C1 event until 2005. He raced in the C2 event together with Tomáš Kučera from 2006 until 2018, when the discipline was discontinued. He also competed in the mixed C2 event alongside Simona Maceková in 2017 and Soňa Stanovská in 2018. Bátik and Kučera won five medals in the C2 team event at the

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with a gold (

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), three silvers (

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) and a bronze (

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). They also won 4 golds and 2 bronzes at the

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, including a gold medal in the C2 event at the 2016 European Championships on their home course in

Career statistics

Major championships results timeline

World Cup individual podiums

References

12 September 2009 final results for the men's C2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
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External links

* 1986 births Living people Slovak male canoeists Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Canoeists from Liptovský Mikuláš 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-canoe-bio-stub