SAVSEK Benjamin

Olympic Games

Year	Location	C1
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6
2012	London, GBR	8

World Championships

Year	Location	C1	C1 Team
2019	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	18	6
2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	7	2
2017	Pau, FRA	1	5
2015	London, GBR	2	3
2014	McHenry, MD, USA	2	3
2013	Prague, CZE	3	4
2011	Bratislava, SVK	17	12
2010	Tacen, SLO	7	5
2009	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	19	4

European Championships

Year	Location	C1	C1 Team
2021	Ivrea, ITA	6	3
2020	Prague, CZE	1	1
2019	Pau, FRA	1	1
2018	Prague, CZE	11	5
2017	Tacen, SLO	4	2

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Canoe	-	2 x 3rd
2020	Canoe	-	1 x 6th
2019	Canoe	4th	1 x 4th, 1 x 6th, 1 x 7th
2018	Canoe	4th	1 x 4th, 2 x 5th, 1 x 8th
2017	Canoe	2nd	1 x 1st, 2 x 4th, 1 x 5th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2017	Canoe	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP
3	2021	Canoe	Markkleeberg, GER
3	2021	Canoe	Prague, CZE
4	2019	Canoe	Tacen, SLO
4	2018	Canoe	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP
4	2017	Canoe	Markkleeberg, GER
4	2017	Canoe	Prague, CZE
5	2018	Canoe	Tacen, SLO
5	2018	Canoe	Krakow, POL
5	2017	Canoe	Augsburg, GER

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

Beni (sportscene.tv, 16 Aug 2015)

Electrician, Police Athlete

Telecommunications Engineering - School Centre for Postal Services, Economics and Telecommunications, Ljubljana, SLO

Daughter Anaja [2011], son Arnej [2015]

English, Slovene

Kajak Kanu Klub Tacen [Ljubljana, SLO]

Andrej Jelenc [national], SLO; Joze Vidmar [personal], SLO, from 2005

He took up kayaking at age eight at Kajak Kanu Klub Tacen in Ljubljana, Slovenia. (kajak-tacen.si, 01 Jan 2019)

He wanted to take up the sport after watching his brothers kayak from the side of the river. (kajak-tacen.si, 01 Jan 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 15 Jul 2021)

Slovakian slalom paddler Michal Martikan. (kajak-tacen.si, 01 Jan 2019)

"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself." [Plato] (kajak-tacen.si, 01 Jan 2019)

In 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2019 he was named Male Athlete of the Year in Ljubljana, Slovenia. (najstnica.si, 11 Dec 2014; ekipa24.si, 10 Dec 2015; Instagram profile, 12 Dec 2019)

He was named the 2015 Athlete of the Year by the Slovenian Canoe Federation. (primorske.si, 05 Nov 2015)