# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michal-martikan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:06:03.648Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michal-martikan"
name: "Michal Martikán"
slug: "michal-martikan"
description: "Michal Martikán is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has been competing at the international level since 1994. In 1996 he became the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for Slovakia since the country gained independence in 1993. In total he won 5 Olympic medals, which is the most among all slalom paddlers. He has also won the World Championship title in the C1 individual category four times."
tagline: "Slovak slalom canoeist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2019_ICF_Canoe_slalom_World_Championships_129_-_Michal_Martik%C3%A1n.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1979-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.68099466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "michalmartikan"
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    handle:    "martikanmichal"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michalmartikan.sk"
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    title: "Michal Martikán"
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    title: "Michal Martikán"
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    title: "Michal Martikán"
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    title: "Мартикан, Михал"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michal Martikán"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump