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Nationality | Slovenian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 April 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | K1, C2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Niko Testen (born 1 April 1997) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012. [1]
He won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 2021 World Championships in Bratislava.
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