Nikica Ljubek

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Nikica Ljubek
Personal information
Born (1980-10-19) 19 October 1980 (age 44)
Osijek, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Medal record
Men's canoe marathon
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Týn nad Vltavou C-1 26 km

Nikica Ljubek (born 19 October 1980) is a Croatian sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed in the early 2000s. He was born in Osijek. He was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 1000 m and the C-2 500 m events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. [1]

He later competed in canoe marathons, and won silver at the 2008 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in the Czech Republic in the C-1 26 km category. In the 2010 World Championship held in Banyoles, Spain, he finished 4th in the same event.

He is the son of Matija Ljubek (1953–2000), a former Olympic and World Champion canoe racer who won four Olympic medals competing for Yugoslavia between 1976 and 1984.

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References

  1. "Nikica Ljubek". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2024.