TERCELJ Eva

Date of Birth: 21 Jan 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Place of birth: LJUBLJANA

Birth Country:

Slovenia

Place of residence : LJUBLJANA

Residence Country:

Slovenia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Slalom	Women's Kayak	24

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Women's Kayak Heats 1st Run	Finished
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Women's Kayak Heats 2nd Run	Finished
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Women's Kayak Semi-final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1
2012	London, GBR	13

World Championships

Year	Location	K1	C1	K1 Team
2019	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	1	-	14
2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	32	-	13
2017	Pau, FRA	16	-	14
2015	London, GBR	22	-	4
2014	McHenry, MD, USA	18	-	4
2013	Prague, CZE	13	-	3
2011	Bratislava, SVK	9	-	6
2010	Tacen, SLO	31	13	3
2009	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	34	-	5

European Championships

Year	Location	K1	K1 Team
2021	Ivrea, ITA	2	5
2020	Prague, CZE	4	4
2019	Pau, FRA	5	8
2018	Prague, CZE	27	9
2017	Tacen, SLO	7	1

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Kayak	-	1 x 4th, 1 x 11th
2020	Kayak	-	1 x 4th
2019	Kayak	2nd	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 7th
2018	Kayak	4th	1 x 3rd, 1 x 7th, 2 x 8th
2017	Kayak	7th	1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 11th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
2	2019	Kayak	Tacen, SLO
3	2019	Kayak	Prague, CZE
3	2018	Kayak	Augsburg, GER
3	2017	Kayak	Markkleeberg, GER
4	2021	Kayak	Markkleeberg, GER
4	2020	Kayak	Tacen, SLO
5	2017	Kayak	Ivrea, ITA
7	2019	Kayak	Lee Valley, GBR
7	2018	Kayak	Liptovsky Mikulas, SVK
8	2019	Kayak	Bratislava, SVK
8	2018	Kayak	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP
8	2018	Kayak	Tacen, SLO

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

Skiing. (primorske.si, 28 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

Architecture - University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Languages spoken:

English, German, Slovene

Kajak Kanu Klub Ljubljana [Slovenia]

Sporting relatives:

Her older brother Matic has competed for Slovenia in canoe slalom in the World Cup series. (kayak-soca.com, 26 Mar 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 17 Dec 2020)

Her parents signed her up to kayaking lessons at age seven. (olympic.org, 04 Apr 2016)

"Both my brother and I were introduced to canoeing by our father, who would sit us in his lap and take us up and down the River Soca. My older brother started properly training in canoeing first and, as a younger sister, I did whatever he did, so I decided to take up canoeing as well." (olympic.org, 04 Apr 2016)

Winning a gold medal in the K1 event at the 2019 World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. (siol.net, 28 Sep 2019)

Philosophy:

"Kayaking is a nature sport where certain rules apply. It's important to explore things around you, try to understand them, and have fun doing it." (metropolitan.si, 27 Jul 2019)

She received the Bloudek Award for 2019. It is the most prestigious Slovenian national sporting honour. (delo.si, 10 Feb 2020)

She was named Female Paddler of the Year for both 2011 and 2019 by the Slovenian Canoe Federation. She also won the 2019 Female Slalom Paddler of the Year award. (canoe-europe.org, 20 Dec 2019; sportscene.tv, 02 Dec 2011)

General Interest

General
BALANCING SPORT AND STUDY
She said it was a relief to complete her architecture studies in 2018, allowing her to focus fully on the sport. "It was getting harder and harder to balance school and sport. You have to divide your time, energy and attention into two. The end of my studies was definitely a relief for me. Mainly because I decided that for the following season I would put everything into sport." (siol.net, 30 May 2019)

COACHING
She and her brother Matic co-founded the Kayak Soca coaching business in Slovenia, through which they offer kayaking courses on the Soca River. (kayak-soca.com, 26 Mar 2020)

Milestones

She became the first female Slovenian slalom paddler to win a gold medal at the world championships, when she was victorious in the K1 event at the 2019 edition in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. (SportsDeskOnline, 03 Jan 2020; primorske.si, 28 Sep 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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