Matej Beňuš 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...

 slalom canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non-Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they had taken place in odd-numbered years...

 with three golds (C-1 team: 2009

2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held on 9–13 September 2009 at Parc Olímpic del Segre in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. La Seu d'Urgell hosted the event previously in 1999. A demonstration event for women's single seat Canadian took...

, 2010

2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held 8–12 September 2010 at Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time...

, 2011

2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were scheduled to take place from September 7–11, 2011 in Bratislava, Slovakia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. Bad weather conditions on September 7 and 8 forced the organizers to make changes to the schedule. The events were all...

) and a bronze (C-1: 2011).

He is the overall world cup

Canoe Slalom World Cup

The ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup has been held since 1988 in four canoe and kayak disciplines for men and women. The four original disciplines are men's single canoe , men's double canoe , men's kayak and women's kayak...

 champion in the C-1 category from the 2010

2010 Canoe Slalom World Cup

The 2010 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation . It was the 23rd edition and it marked the first time that women competed for the single canoe world cup points and title...

 season.

His elder sister Dana Mann

Dana Mann

Dana Mann is a Slovak slalom canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. She won a gold medal in the K-1 team event at the 2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bratislava.Dana is the elder sister of Matej Beňuš, multiple world medalist and world cup champion in C-1...

is also a gold medalist from the world championships in canoe slalom.