Denis Žvegelj

Žvegelj Žvegelj (born 24 June 1972) is an ex-Slovenian rower and Olympic medallist.[1] He was born in Jesenice, SR Slovenia.

Denis Žvegelj
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Yugoslavia
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place1991 ViennaCoxless pair
Representing  Slovenia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1992 BarcelonaCoxless pair
World Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place1993 RačiceCoxless pair

Rowing career

Žvegelj started rowing at the age of 12 at local rowing club in his hometown Bled. Serious rowing racing started in the coxless pair with Iztok Čop, when they won two junior world championships (1989, 1990). They finished 2nd in the World Championships in 1991, and won Bronze at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 with Čop (the first Olympic medal for independent Slovenia). In 1993 Žvegelj and Iztok took bronze despite Žvegelj's severe shoulder injury after a bicycle accident. Žvegelj studied at Brown University where he rowed and studied Mechanical Engineering. He was member of Brown's varsity eight, which won National Collegiate Rowing Championship in years 1994 and 1995.

After return for summer holidays in 1994, he was in a car crash that prevented him from finishing the rowing season Čop. A few months later, another rower, Sašo Mirjanič from Slovenian four, died in car accident. So next year Žvegelj joined three boys to qualify for the 1996 Olympics. They took 4th in a close fours race, where all six boats were even almost from start to finish line. That scenario repeated in WRC in France, when Slovenia was called to pick up bronze medal, and later (after detail photo finish examination) moved to 4th place. Due to back problems, he ended his rowing career.

Olympic Games

World Rowing Junior Championships

World Championships

Career

Žvegelj then focused in working with his father in their design firm Basing in Jesenice, which moved to Bled in January 2006.

In 1998 he founded an engineering firm Basing.[2] On 16 March 2009 he was elected President of Slovenian Rowing Federation[3] for 2009–2013. From 2012–2014 he was the CEO of Vile Bled.[4] In 2015 he founded Revive Temple Bled.[5]

In 2012 he formed a small Hotel chain at the lake Bled Vile Bled and later extended his work to alternative healing to promote bio-energy healing and learning. In 2015 he began running independent healing, revitalizing and learning center Revive Temple Bled to promote healthy life style and self-healing through proper nutrition, use of bio-energy and detoxification.

Personal life

Žvegelj is a father of three sons Gal (17 March 1994), Maksim (25 September 1998) and Isak (3 July 2000) and lives in his hometown of Bled.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Denis Žvegelj Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. "PROGRAMSKA OPREMA". 19 August 2006. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. "Veslaška Zveza Slovenije | Rowing Slovenia - Veslaška Zveza Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. "Vilebled". ww7.vilebled.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. "Welcome to Revive Temple Bled - Home of Z4 Healing Protocol". Revive Temple Bled. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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