EIGEL Pavel

Date of Birth: 1 Mar 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MOSCOW

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Place of residence : MOSCOW

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Slalom	Men's Kayak	20
	Men's Canoe	18

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Men's Canoe Heats 1st Run	Finished
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Men's Canoe Heats 2nd Run	Finished
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Men's Kayak Heats 1st Run	Finished
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Men's Kayak Heats 2nd Run	Finished
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Men's Kayak Semi-final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	9

World Championships

Year	Location	K1	CSLX	K1 Team	C2 Team
2019	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	9	-	5	-
2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3	9	21	-
2017	Pau, FRA	12	13	6	-
2015	London, GBR	17	-	17	-
2014	McHenry, MD, USA	8	-	-	6
2013	Prague, CZE	25	-	13	-
2011	Bratislava, SVK	34	-	-	-
2009	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	25	-	8	-

Oceania Open Championships

Year	Location	K1
2019	Penrith, NSW, AUS	29

European Championships

Year	Location	K1	CSLX	C2	K1 Team	C2 Team
2021	Ivrea, ITA	25	31	-	12	-
2019	Pau, FRA	6	-	-	10	-
2018	Prague, CZE	7	-	DNS	6	6
2017	Tacen, SLO	11	-	-	5	-

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Kayak	-	1 x 30th
2020	Kayak	-	1 x 21st, 1 x 25th
2020	CSLX	-	1 x 1st, 1 x 9th
2019	Kayak	41st	1 x 21st, 1 x 41st
2018	Kayak	18th	1 x 15th, 1 x 16th, 1 x 20th
2018	CSLX	1st	2 x 1st, 1 x 9th
2017	Kayak	26th	1 x 14th, 1 x 17th, 1 x 22nd
2017	CSLX	-	1 x 8th, 1 x 13th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2020	Men's CSLX	Pau, FRA
1	2018	Men's CSLX	Augsburg, GER
1	2018	Men's CSLX	Liptovsky Mikulas, SVK
8	2017	Men's CSLX	Augsburg, GER
9	2020	Men's CSLX	Tacen, SLO
9	2018	Men's CSLX	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
13	2017	Men's CSLX	Markkleeberg, GER
14	2017	Kayak	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP
15	2018	Kayak	Liptovsky Mikulas, SVK
16	2018	Kayak	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP

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

Paintball, rock climbing, spending time with his family. (zbulvar.ru, 17 Aug 2020; Athlete, 25 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Physical Education, Sport Studies - Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, Moscow, RUS

Wife Yekaterina, daughter Polina [2017]

Languages spoken:

English, Russian

Khlebnikovo Sports School of Olympic Reserve [RUS] / St. Petersburg Aquatics School of Supreme Sports Skill [RUS]

Alexander Smirnov [club], RUS; Jean-Yves Cheutin [personal, national], FRA; Sergey Natalyin [personal], RUS

He began paddling at age 10. He took up the sport seriously at age 16 in Moscow, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 02 Sep 2015)

He tried swimming and played tennis before focusing on canoe slalom. (wwslalom.ru, 01 Sep 2016)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (Athlete, 25 Jan 2020)

Winning bronze in the men's K1 event at the 2018 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games at the 2019 World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. (Athlete, 25 Jan 2020)

Russian mixed martial artist Fedor Emelianenko, French slalom paddler Tony Estanguet, US slalom paddler Fabien Lefevre. (Athlete, 02 Sep 2015)

His wife, and coach Jean-Yves Cheutin. (Athlete, 02 Sep 2015)

He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (watersportspb.ru, 14 Sep 2020; Athlete, 25 Jan 2020)

Milestones

He became the first slalom paddler representing the Russian Federation to win a medal at the world championships, when he claimed bronze in the men's K1 event at the 2018 edition of the tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (SportsDeskOnline, 11 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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