Biography
Jost ZAKRAJSEK
 CANOE FEDERATION OF SLOVENIA
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| 26/06/1983 | |
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| NICKNAME: |
Zale
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| HOBBIES: |
Windsurfing, crosscountry skiing, climbing, sea kayaking, surfski, horse
riding
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| OTHER SPORTS: |
wild water slalom and down river
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| WEBSITE: | http://www.jostzakrajsek.com | |
| FACEBOOK: |
https://www.facebook.com/jost.zakrajsek
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| TWITTER: |
https://twitter.com/Jost_Zakrajsek
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| PLACE OF RESIDENCE: |
Trzin
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| OCCUPATION: |
Athlete (occasional student)
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| LANGUAGES: |
Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian, English, German, Spanis...
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| HIGHER EDUCATION: |
Faculty of sport
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| WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?: |
KKK Tacen/1995/first kayak, than canoing (wildwater)/ 2009 again
kayaking
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| REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT: |
From my very first steps movement was part of my and my familiy's way of
life.
I like sports, nature and water...kayak/canoe recaps (involves) all these 3 aspects. Whith kayak I can do sports, be in nature and be on the water. |
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| MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER: |
older brother Jan
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| HERO/IDOL: |
Slovenian rower Iztok Cop
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| SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO: |
Find your limits
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| FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE: |
Szeged(HUN)- the best racing atmosphere, Ada
Ciganlija(SER)&Zagreb(CRO)-nice corse, nice water and the best "turistic"
atmosphere.For training my favorit is Bohinj(SLO)-very clean water,good training
conditions and atmosphere
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| FAVOURITE FOOD: |
sea food, bbq, pancakes, ice cream
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| FAVOURITE MUSIC: |
rock
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| AMBITIONS : |
To find my limits in kayak sprint.
After my racing career my goal is to become coach. |
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| CLUB: |
KKK tacen
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| NAME OF COACH: |
Jošt (me)
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| NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH: |
Slovenian
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| SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN COACHED BY HIM/ HER?: |
since 2010
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR: |
2010
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY: |
France
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION: |
World Cup
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION: |
Vichy
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| MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT: |
1st place on Junior European Championship in whitewater (one never forgets his first big victory)
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| OTHER INFORMATION: |
15 years I was compeating in canoe slalom and wild water (classic and
sprint).
In this time I got three medals in on world championships, two on european championships, five on world cups and I was over-all world cup winner in wild water (all in senior category). Since 2010 I am my own coach. I do cooperate with some specialists from different fields but the end training programme is my own work. My everyday morning sparing partner for running is my dog flatcoated retriever Ita. |
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| PREFERRED DISTANCE: |
1000m
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2016 EUROPEAN CANOE SPRINT OLYMPIC QUALIFIER
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