GELLE Peter

Date of Birth: 23 Aug 1984

Age: 36

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.84/6'0''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Men's Kayak Single 1000m	14

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Single 1000m Heat 3 #10	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Single 1000m Semi-final 1 #31	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Single 1000m Final B #39	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 1000m	K2 1000m	K4 1000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8	-	-
2012	London, GBR	-	8	6

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K1 1000m	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K1 4x200m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	-	4	-	-	-
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	-	-	-	-	6	-
2017	Racice, CZE	-	8	-	-	2	-
2015	Milan, ITA	-	-	8	-	-	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	-	-	6	-	-	9
2013	Duisburg, GER	-	7	7	-	-	9
2011	Szeged, HUN	-	-	-	-	1	-
2010	Poznan, POL	-	2	-	-	18	-
2009	Dartmouth, NS, CAN	-	-	-	10	-	-
2007	Duisburg, GER	-	19	-	-	-	-
2006	Szeged, HUN	16	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Zagreb, CRO	-	39	-	-	-	-

European Games

Year	Location	K2 1000m
2019	Minsk, BLR	5

European Championships

Year	Location	K1 1000m	K1 5000m	K2 500m	K2 1000m
2018	Belgrade, SRB	-	-	6	4
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	11	12	-	-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 1000m	K2 1000m	K4 500m
2021	1 x 18th	-	-
2019	1 x 17th	1 x 9th	-
2018	-	1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 6th	1 x 11th
2017	1 x 8th, 1 x 18th	1 x 2nd	1 x 8th, 1 x 11th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2018	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	3:13.744
2	2017	Kayak Double 1000m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	3:10.725
4	2018	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:13.000
6	2018	Kayak Double 1000m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	3:20.843
8	2017	Kayak Single 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:31.575
8	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:22.717
9	2019	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	3:15.018
11	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:19.638
11	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	1:23.836
17	2019	Kayak Single 1000m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	3:36.079

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

Jelly, Gelee [his family name phonetically in French]. (NOC, 14 Jul 2012; pravda.sk, 22 Aug 2011)

Occupation:

Armed Forces, Athlete

Sport Studies - Matej Bel University, Banska Bystrica, SVK

Daughter Amalka [2013], son Esteban [2015]

Languages spoken:

English, German, Hungarian, Slovak

VSC Dukla Banska Bystrica [Slovakia]

Radovan Simocko [personal], SVK, from 2004

He began paddling in 1996. (baku2015.com, 15 Jun 2015)

His first coach was Jozef Kuzel. "My first coach was a fanatic in the good sense. And under his leadership I have been trained in the secrets of speed canoeing. I like everything that has anything to do with water." (canoe.sk, 01 Nov 2012; pravda.sk, 22 Aug 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sport.pravda.sk, 23 Aug 2019)

Norwegian sprint paddler Knut Holmann, US boxer Muhammad Ali. (NOC, 14 Jul 2012)

He was named the 2019 Sportsperson of the Year by Slovakia Canoeing. He also received the Male Sprint Kayaker of the Year Award from the federation in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, and 2019. (canoe-europe.org, 27 Jan 2020, 06 Dec 2018; sport.aktuality.sk, 28, Oct 2015; 24hod.sk, 17 Jan 2014)

General Interest

General
CLASS CHANGE
Between 2017 and 2019 he competed with Adam Botek in K2 events. He then switched back to K1 events after the Slovakian coaching staff made a readjustment to the team. "I know I can only rely on myself. I can say that this is a happy ending. In the final nomination for Tokyo [2020 Olympic Games], we will go the old way." (dukla.sk, 15 Sep 2019; sport.pravda.sk, 26 Aug 2019; the-sports.org, 24 Aug 2019; sport.pravda.sk, 23 Aug 2019)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/petergelle

Legend

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

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