Mitja Petkovšek

Mitja Petkovšek (born 6 February 1977 in Ljubljana) is a former Slovenian gymnast. Petkovšek is a specialist on parallel bars, where he is world champion (2005, 2007), World Cup Final champion (2000, 2004), and European champion (2000, 2007, 2008). He has a total of 12 World Championship, World Cup Finals, and European Championship medals, 7 of them gold. He is married to Mojca Rode, a Slovenian rhythmic gymnast.[1] He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

Mitja Petkovšek
Country represented Slovenia
Born (1977-02-06) 6 February 1977
Ljubljana, Slovenia
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Melbourne Parallel Bars
Gold medal – first place 2007 Stuttgart Parallel Bars
Silver medal – second place 2002 Debrecen Parallel Bars
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Bremen Parallel Bars
Gold medal – first place 2006 Volos Parallel Bars
Gold medal – first place 2007 Amsterdam Parallel Bars
Gold medal – first place 2008 Lausanne Parallel Bars
Silver medal – second place 1998 Saint Petersburg Parallel Bars
Silver medal – second place 2002 Patras Parallel Bars
Silver medal – second place 2009 Milan Parallel Bars
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Debrecen Parallel Bars
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Montpellier Parallel Bars
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Sicily Parallel Bars

References
  1. "Mitja Petkovšek". mitjapetkovsek.si. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mitja Petkovšek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.


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