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Luka Špik

1979 - Today

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Luka Špik (born 9 February 1979 in Kranj, SR Slovenia) is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2005 World Championship, he won gold in the Double Sculls event together with Iztok Čop and silver in the Quadruple Sculls with Iztok Čop, Matej Prelog and Davor Mizerit. He also won the 2007 World Championships in M2X. Špik and Iztok Čop won the 1999 World Championship, and also the gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, which was the first Olympic gold medal for independent Slovenia. Špik and Čop were the favourites to repeat the victory in men's double sculls at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but finished in silver medal position. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luka Špik has received more than 23,365 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Luka Špik is the 3,163rd most popular athlete (down from 2,167th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 219th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Slovene Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Luka Špik ranks 3,163 out of 3,059Before him are Airinė Palšytė, Ben Ainslie, Leuris Pupo, Guillermo Pérez, Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova, and Eunice Jepkorir. After him are Walter Dix, Lolo Jones, Markus Oscarsson, Aleksander Lesun, Filip Adamski, and Alexandros Nikolaidis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Luka Špik ranks 943Before him are Kristina Anapau, Zhou Mi, José Luís Santos da Visitação, Maksim Opalev, Gérard Gnanhouan, and Guillermo Pérez. After him are Alexandros Nikolaidis, Jens Filbrich, Stefano Tempesti, Andrey Moiseyev, Csézy, and Jérôme Thomas.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Luka Špik ranks 250 out of 295Before him are Miha Zupan (1982), Giovanni Cernogoraz (1982), Peter Mankoč (1978), Maja Keuc (1992), Grega Žemlja (1986), and Uroš Slokar (1983). After him are Katja Višnar (1984), Elvedin Džinić (1985), Petar Stojanović (1995), Timi Zajc (2000), Lucija Polavder (1984), and Andreja Klepač (1986).

Among ATHLETES In Slovenia

Among athletes born in Slovenia, Luka Špik ranks 10Before him are Jolanda Čeplak (1976), Brigita Bukovec (1970), Iztok Čop (1972), Klemen Bauer (1986), Vasilij Žbogar (1975), and Giovanni Cernogoraz (1982). After him are Peter Kauzer (1983), Matic Osovnikar (1980), Anamari Velenšek (1991), Benjamin Savšek (1987), and Adrian Gomboc (1995).