MARINIC Matija

World Championships

Year	Location	C1
2019	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	12
2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	15
2017	Pau, FRA	42
2015	London, GBR	42
2014	McHenry, MD, USA	27
2013	Prague, CZE	22
2011	Bratislava, SVK	29
2010	Tacen, SLO	13
2009	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	68

Oceania Open Championships

Year	Location	C1
2019	Penrith, NSW, AUS	33

European Championships

Year	Location	C1
2021	Ivrea, ITA	14
2020	Prague, CZE	16
2019	Pau, FRA	29
2018	Prague, CZE	30
2017	Tacen, SLO	30

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Canoe	-	1 x 10th, 1 x 14th
2020	Canoe	-	1 x 4th, 1 x 13th
2019	Canoe	28th	1 x 7th, 1 x 23rd, 1 x 51st
2018	Canoe	22nd	1 x 15th, 1 x 16th, 2 x 26th
2017	Canoe	44th	1 x 23rd, 1 x 32nd, 1 x 34th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
4	2020	Canoe	Tacen, SLO
7	2019	Canoe	Tacen, SLO
10	2021	Canoe	Prague, CZE
13	2020	Canoe	Pau, FRA
14	2021	Canoe	Markkleeberg, GER
15	2018	Canoe	Liptovsky Mikulas, SVK
16	2018	Canoe	Tacen, SLO
23	2019	Canoe	Prague, CZE
23	2017	Canoe	Prague, CZE
26	2018	Canoe	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP
26	2018	Canoe	Krakow, POL

Legend
IP - In Progress, C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Athlete

Wife Tea, son Marko

Croatian, English

KKK Zagreb [Croatia]

Stjepan Perestegi [personal], CRO

He took up the sport in 1997. (kkkzagreb.hr, 01 Sep 2008)

When he was a child he tried a number of sports, but enjoyed canoeing the most. "I was playing water polo, but then I tried canoeing on our beautiful Croatian rivers and I liked it." (SportskaTelevizija YouTube channel, 09 Dec 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Televizija Student YouTube channel, 19 Mar 2021)

He usually trains on the Sava river in Zagreb, Croatia. In the European spring and summer months he also spends time training in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and in other European countries. (Televizija Student YouTube channel, 19 Mar 2021; SportskaTelevizija YouTube channel, 09 Dec 2019)

Securing a quota spot for Croatia for the 2020 Olympic Games through his performance in the men's C1 event at the 2019 World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. (Facebook profile, 28 Sep 2019; gloria.hr, 26 Oct 2020)