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Slovenian canoeist
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Male
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24 March 1987(Ljubljana)
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Biography
Benjamin Savšek (born 24 March 1987 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed since the early 2000s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two silvers (C-1: 2014, 2015) and three bronzes (C-1: 2013, C-1 team: 2014, 2015).
He also won two gold and two bronze medals at the European Canoe Slalom Championships.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the C1 event where he finished in 8th place. He finished in 6th place in the same event four years later at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.