Luka Spik


Country
Birth date
Age
09/02/1979 
33
Height
Weight
Gender
196 cm / 6'5" 
95 kg / 209 lbs 
M
Sport
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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
1Double Sculls2000Sydney, NSW, AUS6:16.63
2Double Sculls2004Athens, GRE6:31.72
6Double Sculls2008Beijing, CHN6:33.96
14Double Sculls1996Atlanta, GA, USA
World Championships
1Double Sculls2007Munich, GER6:16.65
1Double Sculls2005Gifu, JPN6:37.61
1Double Sculls1999St. Catharines, ON, CAN6:04.37
2Double Sculls2006Eton, GBR6:09.79
2Quadruple Sculls2005Gifu, JPN5:35.45
5Double Sculls2011Bled, SLO6:15.01
5Double Sculls2009Poznan, POL6:15.10
6Single Sculls2010Hamilton, NZL7:09.44
World Cup
3Double Sculls2012Belgrade, SRB6:11.11

Hobbies

Skateboarding, snowboarding and drawing. (Athlete, 01 Nov 1999)

Occupation

Athlete

Education

Trade - Cabinet Maker - Skofja Coka Secondary School, Skofja Loka, SLO

Language(s) spoken

English, Slovene, Spanish

Club name

Veslaski Klub Bled, Bled, SLO

Coach

Milos Jansa [national] (SLO) (sport-tv.si, 01 Mar 2012)

Sporting relatives

He played in Slovenia's national junior volleyball team. (Athlete, 01 Nov 1999)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
He took up rowing at age 13. (luka-spik.com, 05 Mar 2012)

Reason for taking up this sport
He was inspired by the achievements of Slovenian rowers at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. (luka-spik.com, 22 Jan 2010)

Awards
He and partner Iztok Cop were named the World Rowing Male Crew of the Year in 2005. (iztokcop.com, 11 Apr 2012)

General
PARTNER
He teamed up with partner Iztok Cop in 1999. After the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the pair spent a couple of seasons apart before teaming up again for the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. After again going their separate ways, the pair reunited for the 2011 World Championships in Bled, Slovenia. (iztokcop.com, 11 Apr 2012)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996


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