Matej ZMIJ

Slovakia

Luge

Date of Birth: 9 Jun 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Place of birth: GELNICE

Birth Country:

Slovakia

Residence: HELCMANOVCE

Residence Country:

Slovakia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Doubles SVK VAVERCAK Tomas / ZMIJ Matej	13

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 3	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 4	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 5	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 6	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Team Relay Competition	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
6	Doubles	2016	Lillehammer, NOR	00:01:47.068
8	Team Relay	2016	Lillehammer, NOR	00:02:57.153

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
6	Team Relay	2020	Sochi, RUS	2:46.297
8	Team Relay	2021	Koenigssee, GER	2:46.525
14	Doubles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	1:41.629
17	Doubles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:41.487

Junior World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	Doubles	2019	Innsbruck, AUT	1:21.247
DNF	Team Relay	2019	Innsbruck, AUT

U23 World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	Doubles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	1:41.629
4	Doubles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:41.487

World Cup Rankings
Season	Doubles
2021/22	16
2020/21	15
2019/20	22
2018/19	21
2017/18	25
2016/17	32

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
14	Doubles	2021/22	Oberhof, GER
14	Doubles	2021/22	Winterberg, GER
16	Doubles	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI
17	Doubles	2021/22	Yanqing, CHN
18	Doubles	2021/22	Altenberg, GER
19	Doubles	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT
20	Doubles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
21	Doubles	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT

Hobbies:

Football, travelling.

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Studies Physical Education and Coaching at Matej Bel University (Banska Bystrica, SVK). (olympic.sk, 11 Dec 2020)

Languages spoken:

Slovak

Club name:

SK Dukla Banska Bystrica / VSC Dukla Banska Bystrica

Coach:

National: Lukas Broz (CZE)

Position style:

Front

Debut:

2017 World Cup at Innsbruck (Doubles - 19th)

Start:

Has been competing in luge since his friends introduced it to him in 2007. (FIL Media Guide, 2020/21; olympic.sk, 11 Dec 2020)

Ambition:

To compete at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (olympic.sk, 11 Dec 2020)

Memorable:

His two doubles junior World Cup victories (2018 Innsbruck, 2019 Winterberg) and finishing sixth at the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games; olympic.sk, 11 Dec 2020)

Award:

Best Athlete - Spis (2016)

General Interest

PARTNER
Competed in singles until he reached the junior level and has partnered with Tomas Vavercak since age 14. In the 2017/18 season, the team narrowly missed out on qualifying for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games by one slot. (olympic.sk, 11 Dec 2020; webnoviny.sk, 21 Dec 2017)

Milestones

Two top-10 finishes at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games, finishing sixth in the doubles (with Tomas Vavercak) and eighth in the team relay.

In each of his two appearances in doubles at the U23 World Championships, he finished fourth in both years (2020 2021).
Was fourth at the 2018 Junior World Championships (fifth in 2019).

Placed a career-high seventh in doubles at the 2020 World Cup in Winterberg, his only top-10 finish outside of relay events.

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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