Michal Martikán is a Slovak slalom canoeist with a staggeringly impressive sporting record. Considered by many within the sporting community to be the greatest living C1 slalom paddler. Competing at an international level since 1994, he made history as the first athlete to take home an Olympic gold medal for Slovakia after the nation became independent in 1993. Since then he has won 5 Olympic medals, the world record among slalom paddlers, a tota...