Gauthier Klauss

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.

Gauthier Klauss
Klauss with the bronze medal won at 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1987-12-17) 17 December 1987
Épinal, France

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 is Matthieu Péché.

World Cup individual podiums

Season Date Venue Position Event
20113 Jul 2011L'Argentière-la-Bessée1stC2
201226 Aug 2012Prague2ndC2
201330 Jun 2013Augsburg1stC2
7 Jul 2013La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
18 Aug 2013Tacen1stC2[3]
25 Aug 2013Bratislava3rdC2
201417 Aug 2014Augsburg1stC2
201521 Jun 2015Prague1stC2
5 Jul 2015Liptovský Mikuláš2ndC2
9 Aug 2015La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
16 Aug 2015Pau2ndC2
201717 Jun 2017Prague2ndC2
24 Jun 2017Augsburg3rdC2
2 Sep 2017Ivrea3rdC2
9 Sep 2017La Seu d'Urgell3rdC2

References

  1. "Gauthier Klauss". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. "Gauthier KLAUSS (FRA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. Canoeing - World Cup - Slalom Tacen 2013


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