BENUS Matej

Olympic Games

Year	Location	C1
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2

World Championships

Year	Location	C1	C1 Team
2019	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	16	1
2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4	1
2017	Pau, FRA	13	1
2015	London, GBR	6	1
2014	McHenry, MD, USA	9	1
2013	Prague, CZE	6	1
2011	Bratislava, SVK	3	1
2010	Tacen, SLO	4	1
2009	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	15	1
2007	Foz do Iguacu, BRA	25	9

Oceania Open Championships

Year	Location	C1
2019	Penrith, NSW, AUS	2
2017	Auckland, NZL	2

European Championships

Year	Location	C1	C1 Team
2021	Ivrea, ITA	2	1
2019	Pau, FRA	34	4
2017	Tacen, SLO	5	6

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Canoe	-	1 x 5th, 1 x 8th
2019	Canoe	1st	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 2 x 5th
2018	Canoe	10th	1 x 4th, 1 x 7th, 1 x 12th
2017	Canoe	4th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2019	Canoe	Prague, CZE
1	2017	Canoe	Augsburg, GER
2	2019	Canoe	Bratislava, SVK
2	2017	Canoe	Prague, CZE
3	2017	Canoe	Ivrea, ITA
4	2018	Canoe	Krakow, POL
5	2021	Canoe	Prague, CZE
5	2019	Canoe	Markkleeberg, GER
5	2019	Canoe	Lee Valley, GBR
7	2018	Canoe	Liptovsky Mikulas, SVK

Legend
IP - In Progress, C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Hiking, ice hockey, spending time with his family. (Instagram profile, 18 Jul 2021)

Athlete

Social Work Studies

Wife Ivana Benusova, sons Simon [2013], Tobias [2015] and Sebastian [2019]

Slovak

Sportove Centrum Policie [Slovakia]

His older sister Dana Mann has competed in canoe slalom representing the United States of America, and won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the world championships in 2011. His father represented Czechoslovakia in modern pentathlon and his mother represented Czechoslovakia in canoe slalom. (aktualne.atlas.sk, 03 Nov 2015; teamusa.org, 21 Apr 2016; 5penazi.sk, 01 Jan 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 21 Jul 2021)

His parents introduced him to paddling at a young age, and he took up canoe slalom at age 11. (matejbenus.sk, 22 Oct 2013)

His mother was a paddling coach and his father was also involved in the sport. (matejbenus.sk, 22 Oct 2013)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 2024 Games in Paris. (Instagram profile, 18 Jul 2021; 5penazi.sk, 01 Jan 2020)

He was named flag bearer for Slovakia for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (SKP Bratislava / Kanoistika na divokej vode Facebook page, 06 Jun 2021)

He was named 2016 Canoeist of the Year at Slovakia's Canoe Slalom Awards. (canoe-europe.org, 27 Feb 2017)

He was named the 2011 and 2015 Canoeist of the Year by the Slovak Canoe Association. (canoeslalom.sk, 24 Apr 2016)

He was named the 2013 Athlete of the Year in Bratislava, Slovakia. (canoe.sk, 20 Dec 2013)