Aljaž Pegan

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Aljaž Pegan, born June 2, 1974, is a Slovenian gymnast.

Pegan is one of the best Slovenian gymnasts, he competes on Horizontal Bar, where he is world and European champion. He also has an element, the "pegan", named after him on both high bar and parallel bars.

He has been competing internationally since 1988, but has not qualified for any Olympic Games yet. He was recently denied qualification to the 2008 Beijing Games when the Olympic "wild card" spot was awarded to a different gymnast.

Notable successes

* 1st, 1994 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Prague, Czech Republic
* 3rd, 2000 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Bremen, Germany
* 2nd, 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Debrecen, Hungary
* 3rd, 2004 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Ljubljana, Slovenia
* 1st, 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Melbourne, Australia
* 2nd, 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Århus, Denmark
* 2nd, 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Stuttgart, Germany

External links

* [http://www.rtvslo.si/sport/modload.php?&c_mod=rnews&op=sections&func=read&c_menu=8&c_id=25705 RTVSLO, in Slovenian]