Miroslav Stanovský
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Miroslav Stanovský is a Slovak
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 born Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

n slalom canoer who has competed since the 1990s. He finished tenth in the K-1
Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's slalom K-1
These are the results of the men's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater course...

 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

 in Atlanta. He is the first Slovak paddler to win an individual medal in the men's K-1 category with a silver at the inaugural European Canoe Slalom Championships
European Canoe Slalom Championships
The European Canoe Slalom Championships is an annual international canoeing and kayaking event organized by the European Canoe Association since 1996...

 in Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...

(1996). He is currently competing for Latvia.
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