Slovenian canoeist

Benjamin Savšek (born 24 March 1987) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002.

He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C1: 2017), three silvers (C1: 2014, 2015, C1 team: 2018) and three bronzes (C1: 2013, C1 team: 2014, 2015). He also won ten medals at the European Canoe Slalom Championships (6 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronzes). Savšek was the World No. 1 in the C1 event in 2015.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the C1 event where he finished in 8th place. He finished in 6th place in the same event four years later at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he further improved in the C1 event by winning gold.

World Cup individual podiums

1 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

References

External links

• Benjamin Savšek at the International Canoe Federation
• Benjamin Savšek at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)