Juraj Tarr

{{short description|Slovak flatwater sprint canoeist (born 1979)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Juraj Tarr

| image = Juraj Tarr Rio2016.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Tarr at the 2016 Olympics

| nationality = Slovakian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|2|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Komárno, Slovakia{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/juraj-tarr-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235529/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/juraj-tarr-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Juraj Tarr}}

| height = 186 cm{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/juraj-tarr |title=Juraj Tarr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826115911/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/juraj-tarr |archive-date=26 August 2016 |website=Rio2016.com |url-status=dead}}

| weight = 87 kg

| country = Slovakia

| sport = Sprint kayak

| coach = Peter Liker{{cite web |url=http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=tarr-juraj-1162781/index.html |title=Juraj Tarr |website=NBColympics.com}}

| club = SKP Bratislava

| event = K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m

| alma_mater =

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's canoe sprint}}

{{MedalCountry|{{SVK}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalSilver|2008 Beijing|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalComp|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2007 Duisburg|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Moscow|K-2 500 m}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Moscow|K-2 1000 m}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Milan|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Zagreb|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Dartmouth|K-4 200 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Montemor-o-Velho|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Duisburg|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2009 Dartmouth|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Szeged|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalComp|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2007 Pontevedra|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalGold|2007 Pontevedra|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalGold|2008 Milan|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalGold|2008 Milan|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Moscow|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2000 Poznań|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Poznań|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Brandenburg|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Račice|K-2 500 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Moscow|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Plovdiv|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Brandenburg|K-2 1000 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Plovdiv|K-4 1000 m}}

}}

Juraj Tarr (born 18 February 1979) is a Slovak flatwater sprint canoeist who competes in two-man (K-2) and four-man (K-4) events. He participated in four Olympics in the K-4 1000 m event and won silver medals in 2008 and 2016, placing fourth in 2000 and sixth in 2012. He also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2005–2015, including four gold medals.

Tarr belongs to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.{{cite book | last = Nagy | first = Myrtil | editor = Myrtil Nagy | chapter = Maďari | title = Naše národnostné menšiny | publisher = Fórum inštitút pre výskum menšín | year = 2012 | location = Šamorín | page = 9 | isbn = 978-80-89249-57-2 }} He took up canoeing aged eight, following his father Juraj Tarr Sr., who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. He was named Slovak Kayaker of the Year in 2014 (together with Erik Vlček) and in 2015. Earlier in 1997 he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and semi-retired from sport for three years to undergo intensive treatment.