Results - 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Biography

Marko TOMICEVIC

Athlete entered in:
Men's 1000m K2 SENIOR	other members of the team:		Milenko ZORIC

NICKNAME:		Tomi
HOBBIES:		Wrestling
FACEBOOK:		https://www.facebook.com/mtomicevic
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:		Becej, SRB
OCCUPATION:		Athlete
LANGUAGES:		English, Serbian
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:		He began competing in canoe sprint in 2003 on the Tisa river.
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:		He decided to go to watch some canoe training because of a girl he liked. "I had fallen in love and I came to the Tisa river to see this girl. I saw some other guys from water polo who had learned to paddle and it seemed to be interesting. I decided to give it a try and at the beginning I was catastrophically unstable. However, I liked the feeling of being in a canoe and that I could do whatever I liked, and spent all day on the Tisa river."
AWARDS AND HONORS:		He was named the 2013 Male Athlete of the Year in Becej, Serbia. (becejski-mozaik.co.rs, 27 Dec 2013)
CLUB:		KK Val: Sremska Mitrovica, SRB
NAME OF COACH:		Miroslav Aleksic [personal]; Miroslav Rodic [national]
TRAINING REGIME:		He trains three times a day, with two water sessions and a session at the gym.
MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT:		Winning two gold medals at the 2008 European Junior Championships in Szeged, Hungary