Juraj Tarr

Tarr at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Slovakian
Born	(1979-02-18)18 February 1979 (age 46) Komárno, Slovakia[1]
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Country	Slovakia
Sport	Sprint kayak
Event(s)	K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m
Club	SKP Bratislava[3]
Coached by	Peter Liker[3]
Medal record Men'scanoe sprint Representing Slovakia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing K-4 1000 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 1000 m World Championships 2007 Duisburg K-4 500 m 2014 Moscow K-2 500 m 2014 Moscow K-2 1000 m 2015 Milan K-4 1000 m 2005 Zagreb K-4 500 m 2009 Dartmouth K-4 200 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 1000 m 2007 Duisburg K-4 1000 m 2009 Dartmouth K-4 1000 m 2019 Szeged K-4 1000 m European Championships 2007 Pontevedra K-4 500 m 2007 Pontevedra K-4 1000 m 2008 Milan K-4 500 m 2008 Milan K-4 1000 m 2016 Moscow K-4 1000 m 2000 Poznań K-4 500 m 2005 Poznań K-4 500 m 2009 Brandenburg K-4 1000 m 2015 Račice K-2 500 m 2016 Moscow K-4 500 m 2017 Plovdiv K-4 500 m 2014 Brandenburg K-2 1000 m 2017 Plovdiv K-4 1000 m

Juraj Tarr (born 18 February 1979) is a Slovak flatwatersprint canoeist who competes in two-man (K-2) and four-man (K-4) events. He participated in four Olympics in the K-4 1000 m event and won silver medals in 2008 and 2016, placing fourth in 2000 and sixth in 2012. He also won eight medals at theICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2005–2015, including four gold medals.^[3][1]

Tarr belongs to theHungarian minority in Slovakia.^[4] He took up canoeing aged eight, following his father Juraj Tarr Sr., who competed internationally forCzechoslovakia. He was named Slovak Kayaker of the Year in 2014 (together withErik Vlček) and in 2015. Earlier in 1997 he was diagnosed withthyroid cancer and semi-retired from sport for three years to undergo intensive treatment.^[3]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toJuraj Tarr.

• Juraj Tarr at theInternational Canoe Federation
• Juraj Tarr atOlympedia
• Juraj Tarr atOlympics.com
• Juraj Tarr atOlympic.sk(in Slovak)
• Canoe09.ca profile at theWayback Machine (archived 26 March 2012)
• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007"(PDF).Archived(PDF) from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved16 May 2019.
• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007"(PDF).Archived(PDF) from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved16 May 2019.

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