Roman Vajs (born 18 November 1974 in

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) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2004, specializing in the C2 discipline. Vajs won two medals in the C2 team event at the

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with a silver in

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and a bronze in

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. He won the overall

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title in the C2 class in

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. He also won 3 medals at the

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(1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze). Vajs finished 13th in the C2 event at the

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. His partner in the C2 boat until 2000 was Roman Štrba, who was paralyzed in an accident in March 2001. In the years after Štrba's accident, Vajs teamed up with Pavol Hric who had competed in K1 until then.

Career statistics

Major championships results timeline

World Cup individual podiums

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* 1975 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Slovakia Slovak male canoeists Canoeists from Liptovský Mikuláš Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Slovakia-canoe-bio-stub