Matija Ljubek
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Born | (1953-11-22)22 November 1953 Belišće, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 October 2000(2000-10-11) (aged 46) Valpovo, Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resting place | Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoeing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matija Ljubek (Croatian pronunciation: [ʎǔbek]; 22 November 1953 – 11 October 2000) was a Croatian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s and 1980s and later became a sports official.[1]
Born in Belišće, Osijek-Baranja, Ljubek competed in four Summer Olympics where he won four medals. This included two golds (C-1 1000 m: 1976, C-2 500 m: 1984 with Mirko Nišović), one silver (C-2 1000 m: 1984 with Mirko Nišović), and one bronze (C-1 500 m: 1976). His trainer was Laszlo Hingl. He also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (C-1 1000 m: 1978, C-2 500 m: 1982, 1983; C-2 10000 m: 1985), three silvers (C-1 10000 m: 1981, C-2 1000 m: 1982, 1985), and three bronzes (C-1 10000 m: 1975, 1978; C-2 1000 m: 1983).
In 1976 he was awarded a Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia.
Ljubek later became vice-president of the Croatian Olympic Committee and served as chef de mission for the Croatian Olympic team.
Ljubek died in 2000 when he was shot by an estranged brother-in-law while trying to defend his mother in Valpovo, Osijek-Baranja, six days after returning from the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Olympic results
Olympic results | ||||
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Event | 1976 Montreal | 1980 Moscow | 1984 Los Angeles | 1988 Seoul |
C-1 500 m | 3rd (1:59.60) | 9th (2:03.43) | — | — |
C-1 1000 m | 1st (4:09.51) | 8th (4:22.40) | — | — |
C-2 500 m | — | — | 1st (1:43.67) | — |
C-2 1000 m | — | 4th (3:51.30) | 2nd (3:41.56) | 12th (3:59.04) |
References
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matija Ljubek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Singles 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 480.
Footnotes
- ^ "Ljubek, Matija". Hrvatska enciklopedija.
External links
- Matija Ljubek at Olympics.com
- Matija Ljubek at Olympic.org (archived)
- Matija Ljubek at Olympedia
Awards | ||
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Preceded by | The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1976 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Nenad Stekić | Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year 1976 | Succeeded by Šaban Sejdi |
Olympic Games | ||
Preceded by Hrvoje Horvat Dražen Dalipagić | Flagbearer for Yugoslavia Moscow 1980 Seoul 1988 | Succeeded by |
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- 1936: Frank Amyot (CAN)
- 1948: Josef Holeček (TCH)
- 1952: Josef Holeček (TCH)
- 1956: Leon Rotman (ROU)
- 1960: János Parti (HUN)
- 1964: Jürgen Eschert (EUA)
- 1968: Tibor Tatai (HUN)
- 1972: Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)
- 1976: Matija Ljubek (YUG)
- 1980: Lyubomir Lyubenov (BUL)
- 1984: Ulrich Eicke (FRG)
- 1988: Ivans Klementjevs (URS)
- 1992: Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)
- 1996: Martin Doktor (CZE)
- 2000: Andreas Dittmer (GER)
- 2004: David Cal (ESP)
- 2008: Attila Vajda (HUN)
- 2012: Sebastian Brendel (GER)
- 2016: Sebastian Brendel (GER)
- 2020: Isaquias Queiroz (BRA)
- 2024: Martin Fuksa (CZE)