- Luka Špik
Luka Špik (born
February 9 ,1979 inKranj ,SR Slovenia ), is aSlovenia 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 andDavor Mizerit .He also won World Championships 2007 in M2X.
Achievements
Olympic Games
* 2000:Sydney (AUS) – 1st place (double scull with Iztok Cop)
* 2004:Athens (GRE) - 2nd place (double scull with Iztok Cop)Junior World Championships
*1998:Ioannina (GRE)-1st place (single scull)
*1997:Hazewinkl (BEL)-1st place (single scull)
*1995:Poznan (POL)-2nd place (single scull)
*1994:Munich (GER)-6th place single scull)World Championships:
* 2007:Munich (GER) - 1st place (double scull)
* 2006: Eton (GBR) - 2nd place (double scull)
* 2005:Gifu (JPN) – 1st place (double scull), 2nd place (quadruple scull)
* 2003:Milano (ITA)-4th place (double scull with Prelog)
* 2002:Seville (ESP)-8th place (4x; Novak, Sracnjek, Bozic)
* 2001:Luzern (CH)-5th place (double scull with MIzerit)
* 1999:St. Catherines (CAN)-1st place (double scull with Iztok Cop)External links
* [http://www.luka-spik.com/ luka-spik.com- Official website] (Slovene and English)
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