Tibor Linka

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Tibor Linka
Linka at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalitySlovak
Born (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 29)[1]
Šamorín, Slovakia
Height199 cm (6 ft 6 in)[2]
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
ClubKajak Canoe Klub Samorin[3]
Coached byMarian Tesarik[3]
Medal record
Representing  Slovakia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Milan K-4 1000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Moscow K-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2016 Moscow K-4 500 m

Tibor Linka (Hungarian: Linka Tibor, born 13 February 1995) is a Slovak sprint canoer who competes in the four-man (K-4) events. He won a gold medal at the 2015 World Championships and a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics. Earlier in 2014 he was named Athlete of the Year in his native town of Šamorín.[3] He is of Hungarian ethnicity.[4]

Career[edit]

At the 2013 European Junior and U23 Championships he won a gold medal in K-2 500 metres junior race with Denis Myšák.[5] Next year, again with Myšák, they finished second in the U23 race.[6] In 2015 he became part of Slovak K-4 team, which had won many medals at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships. With Erik Vlček, Juraj Tarr and Denis Myšák, they won K-4 1000 metres race at the 2015 World Championships.[7] In 2016, the same team won one gold [8] and one silver medal [9] at the 2016 European Championships, showing good form before the main objective of the season, the Olympic Games, where they competed in the K-4 1000 m category as the reigning World Champions and managed to win the silver medal.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tibor Linka ICF profile". www.canoeicf.com. International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ Tibor Linka Archived 2016-11-26 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. ^ a b c Tibor Linka Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  4. ^ János Méry (12 September 2015). "Linka Tibor a riói előolimpián". felvidek.ma (in Hungarian). Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Results K2 500m Men". ecsprint.kayakpl.com. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Results K2 U23 500m Men" (PDF). mantesenyvelinescanoe2014.spotfokus.pt. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Results Race 266 – K4 1000m" (PDF). canoe2015.microplustiming.com. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Results K4 Men 1000m" (PDF). europecanoeevents.com. European Canoe Association. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Results K4 Men 500m" (PDF). europecanoeevents.com. European Canoe Association. 25 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

External links[edit]

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