Luka Spik
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Luka Špik is a Slovenia
n rower
and Olympic gold medalist.
Špik and Iztok Čop
won the 1999 World Championship, and gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics
, which was the first Olympic gold medal for independent Slovenia.
Špik and Čop were the favourites to win the men's double sculls at the 2004 Summer Olympics
, but finished in silver medal position.
In 2005 World Championship, he won gold in Double Sculls together with Iztok Čop and silver in Quadruple Sculls together with Iztok Čop, Matej Prelog
and Davor Mizerit
.
He also won World Championships 2007 in M2X.
Junior World Championships
World Championships:
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n rower
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
and Olympic gold medalist.
Špik and Iztok Čop
Iztok Cop
Iztok Čop is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medallist.Iztok started rowing at the age of 13 in Bled, where Slovenia's best rowing club is located....
won the 1999 World Championship, and gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, which was the first Olympic gold medal for independent Slovenia.
Špik and Čop were the favourites to win the men's double sculls at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
, but finished in silver medal position.
In 2005 World Championship, he won gold in Double Sculls together with Iztok Čop and silver in Quadruple Sculls together with Iztok Čop, Matej Prelog
Matej Prelog
Matej Prelog is a Slovenian rower, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Men's Coxless Four, alongside Janez Klemenčič, Milan Janša, and Rok Kolander.-References:*...
and Davor Mizerit
Davor Mizerit
Davor Mizerit is a rower from Slovenia, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.He won the bronze medal in the Men's Single Sculls event at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain....
.
He also won World Championships 2007 in M2X.
Achievements
Olympic GamesOlympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
- 2000: SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
(AUS) – 1st place (double scull with Iztok Cop) - 2004: AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
(GRE) - 2nd place (double scull with Iztok Cop)
Junior World Championships
- 1998: IoanninaIoanninaIoannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...
(GRE)-1st place (single scull) - 1997:Hazewinkl (BEL)-1st place (single scull)
- 1995:PoznanPoznanPoznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
(POL)-2nd place (single scull) - 1994:MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
(GER)-6th place single scull)
World Championships:
- 2007: MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
(GER) - 1st place (double scull) - 2006: EtonEton, BerkshireEton is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, lying on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor and connected to it by Windsor Bridge. The parish also includes the large village of Eton Wick, 2 miles west of the town, and has a population of 4,980. Eton was in Buckinghamshire until...
(GBR) - 2nd place (double scull) - 2005: GifuGifu, Gifuis a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku period, various warlords, including Oda Nobunaga, used...
(JPN) – 1st place (double scull), 2nd place (quadruple scull) - 2003: Milano (ITA)-4th place (double scull with Prelog)
- 2002: SevilleSevilleSeville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
(ESP)-8th place (4x; Novak, Sracnjek, Bozic) - 2001: Luzern (CH)-5th place (double scull with MIzerit)
- 1999: St. CatherinesSt. Catharines, OntarioSt. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...
(CAN)-1st place (double scull with Iztok Cop)
External links
- luka-spik.com- Official website (Slovene and EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
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