Pavol Hochschorner


Pavol Hochschorner is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1996. Competing together with his twin brother Peter Hochschorner, they are the most successful C2 paddlers in the history of canoe slalom.
He won three Olympic gold medals in the C2 event in 2000, 2004 and 2008 and one bronze medal in 2012.
Hochschorner also won fourteen medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds, four silvers and four bronzes.
Hochschorner has won the overall World Cup title 10 times with his twin brother, which is a record in any category.
At the European Championships he has won a total of 17 medals.
He lives in Čunovo, a borough of the Slovak capital Bratislava.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
199920 Jun 1999Tacen2ndC2
199915 Aug 1999Bratislava1stC2
199922 Aug 1999Augsburg1stC2
1999[|3] Oct 1999Penrith1stC2
20009 Jul 2000La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
200023 Jul 2000Prague1stC2
200030 Jul 2000Augsburg2ndC2
200127 May 2001Goumois1stC2
20013 Jun 2001Merano1stC2
20015 Aug 2001Prague3rdC2
20019 Sep 2001Wausau1stC2
200226 May 2002Guangzhou1stC2
200220 Jul 2002Augsburg1stC2
200214 Sep 2002Tibagi1stC2
20036 Jul 2003La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
200313 Jul 2003Tacen2ndC2
200331 Jul 2003Bratislava1stC2
20033 Aug 2003Bratislava1stC2
200423 May 2004La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
200430 May 2004Merano1stC2
200411 Jul 2004Prague1stC2
200425 Jul 2004Bourg St.-Maurice2ndC2
200510 Jul 2005Athens2ndC2
200524 Jul 2005La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
200628 May 2006Athens1stC2
2006[|2] Jul 2006L'Argentière-la-Bessée2ndC2[|1]
2006[|5] Aug 2006Prague3rdC22
200718 Mar 2007Foz do Iguaçu2ndC23
20071 Jul 2007Prague1stC2
20078 Jul 2007Tacen1stC2
200714 Jul 2007Augsburg1stC2
200816 Mar 2008Penrith2ndC24
200829 Jun 2008Tacen1stC2
20085 Jul 2008Augsburg1stC2
20095 Jul 2009Bratislava1stC2
200911 Jul 2009Augsburg2ndC2
201021 Feb 2010Penrith2ndC25
201019 Jun 2010Prague2ndC2
201126 Jun 2011Tacen1stC2
201110 Jul 2011Markkleeberg1stC2
201210 Jun 2012Cardiff3rdC2
201323 Jun 2013Cardiff1stC2
201325 Aug 2013Bratislava1stC2
20155 Jul 2015Liptovský Mikuláš1stC2