Matija Ljubek

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Grave of Matija Ljubek in the Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb

Matija Ljubek (born November 22, 1953 in Belišće , † October 11, 2000 in Valpovo , Osijek-Baranja County ) was a Yugoslav canoeist . He took part in the Olympic Games four times from 1976 to 1988 and won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal.

Career

The 1.80 m tall Ljubek won the only medal for the home team at the World Championships in Belgrade in 1975 when he was third with the single canoe on the 10,000 meter course. The following year he won gold over 1000 meters and bronze over 500 meters at the Olympic Games in Montreal . In 1978 , again in Belgrade, he won his first world title on the 1000 meter course. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , Ljubek finished eighth and ninth on the individual routes. He achieved the best placement in Moscow with a fourth place in the two-man canoe over 1000 meters together with Mirko Nišović . Together with Nišović, Ljubek won three world championship titles in the 1980s, two silver and one bronze. There was also an Olympic gold medal and a silver medal in Los Angeles in 1984 . At Ljubek's fourth Olympic start in Seoul in 1988 , Ljubek and Nišović no longer reached the final.

Ljubek was shot dead by a relative in a family dispute shortly after the 2000 Olympic Games, where he had accompanied the Croatian team as an official.

International medals

(OS = Olympic Games; WM = World Championships)

  • 1975 World Cup : bronze single canoe 10,000 meters
  • OS 1976 : Gold single-canoe 1000 meters, bronze single-canoe 500 meters
  • 1978 World Cup : Gold Single Canadians 1000 meters, Bronze Single Canadians 10,000 meters
  • World Cup 1981 : Silver Canadians 10,000 meters
  • 1982 World Cup : gold two-man canoe 500 meters, silver two-man canoe 1000 meters (each with Mirko Nišović)
  • 1983 World Cup : gold two-man canoe 500 meters, bronze two-man canoe 1000 meters (each with Mirko Nišović)
  • OS 1984 : Gold two-man canoe 500 meters, silver two-man canoe 1000 meters (each with Mirko Nišović)
  • 1985 World Cup : gold two-man canoe 10,000 meters, silver two-man canoe 1000 meters (each with Mirko Nišović)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Canoe World Championships over 10,000 meters
  2. ↑ Canoe World Championships over 1000 meters
  3. ↑ Canoe World Championships over 500 meters
personal data
SURNAME Ljubek, Matija
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav canoeist
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Belišće
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 2000
Place of death Valpovo , Osijek-Baranja County