Michal Martikán

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.

18 May 1979

Born on the same birth date (18 May 1979): Jens Bergensten • Julián Speroni • Mariusz Lewandowski • Milivoje Novaković

Born on the same birth day (18 May): Billy Howerdel • Brooks Robinson • Eric Gerets • Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel • Frank Capra • Gerd Langguth • Jay Wells • Jim Sundberg • Kevin Anderson (tennis) • Mahamadou Diarra • Mimi Macpherson • Nobuteru Taniguchi • Richard Brooks

Born in the same month (May 1979): Andrew Scheer • Brian Kendrick • Clint Bowyer • Clinton Morrison • Dominic Scott • Elisabeth Harnois • Jean-François Gillet • Lesley Vainikolo • Milivoje Novaković • Nazanin Boniadi • Roman Lyashenko • Rosario Dawson • Sam Sodje • Steve Mildenhall