Gauthier Klauss

Gauthier Klauss

Gauthier Klauss (left) with Matthieu Péché at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Competitor for  France
World Championships
2010 Tacen C-2 team
2011 Bratislava C-2 team
2014 Deep Creek Lake C-2 team
2015 London C-2 team
2015 London C-2
European Championships
2013 Kraków C-2 team
2014 Vienna C-2 team

Gauthier Klauss (born 17 December 1987, in Épinal) is a French slalom canoeist who has competed since the mid-2000s.

He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds (C-2 team: 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015) and a bronze (C-2: 2015). He also won a gold and a silver medal in the C-2 team event at the European Championships.

Klauss won the overall world cup title in the C-2 category in 2013 and 2015.

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the C-2 event where he finished in 4th place in the final.

His partner in the boat is Matthieu Péché.

World Cup individual podiums

Season Date Venue Position Event
2011 3 Jul 2011 L'Argentière-la-Bessée 1st C2
2012 26 Aug 2012 Prague 2nd C2
2013 30 Jun 2013 Augsburg 1st C2
7 Jul 2013 La Seu d'Urgell 1st C2
18 Aug 2013 Tacen 1st C2[1]
25 Aug 2013 Bratislava 3rd C2
2014 17 Aug 2014 Augsburg 1st C2
2015 21 Jun 2015 Prague 1st C2
9 Aug 2015 La Seu d'Urgell 1st C2
16 Aug 2015 Pau 2nd C2

References

  1. ↑ Canoeing - World Cup - Slalom Tacen 2013
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