Peter Gelle

Peter Gelle

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Slovakia
World Championships
	2011 Szeged	K-2 1000 m
	2010 Poznań	K-1 500 m
	2017 Račice	K-2 1000 m
European Championships
	2011 Belgrade	K-2 500 m
	2012 Zagreb	K-2 1000 m

Peter Gelle (Hungarian: Gelle Péter; born 23 August 1984) is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He is a member of the Hungarian community in Slovakia.^[1]

He won a silver medal in the K-1 500 m at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań and a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m in 2011 with Erik Vlček.^[2]

Biography

Peter was born in Štúrovo and is a member of ethnic Hungarian community in Slovakia. The area was transferred to a newly formed Czechoslovakia following the Treaty of Trianon.

References

1. https://www.bumm.sk/sport/2017/08/26/szlovakiai-magyar-sikerek-a-kajak-kenu-vilagbajnoksagon Hungarian silver medal for Slovakia at the Canoe Sprint World Championships
2. "Result archive". sportscene.tv. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

• "Peter Gelle at Canoe09.ca". Archived from the original on 18 May 2012.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Gelle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.

External links

• Peter Gelle at the International Canoe Federation
• Peter Gelle at Olympedia (archive)
• Peter Gelle at Olympics.com
• Peter Gelle at Olympic.org (archived)
• Peter Gelle at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)