Biography
Tilen VIDOVIC
Tilen VIDOVIC
CANOE FEDERATION OF SLOVENIA CANOE FEDERATION OF SLOVENIA
Male
14/07/1993
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NICKNAME:   Machine
HOBBIES:   Judo, playing guitar, drawing.
PREFERRED POSITION / STANCE / STYLE / TECHNIQUE:   Very forward, strong efficient stroke.
OTHER SPORTS:   Judo
FACEBOOK:   https://m.facebook.com/vidovic.tilen/?ref=bookmarks
YOUTUBE:   https://m.youtube.com/user/tilikatheman?
INSTAGRAM:   https://www.instagram.com/tilenvidovic/
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:   Ljubljana
OCCUPATION:   Student
LANGUAGES:   English, Serbian, Croatian
HIGHER EDUCATION:   Gymnasium and 3rd year of dentistry
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:   I began in my home town Ptuj when I was 12 years old.
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:   I love it because you are free to go anywhere you want and visit many beautiful places in the world. The other thing I like is to push my body to the absolute limit and getting better after every training. Competing at the top world level is great because you get to know many awesome people, who dedicate their lives to a common goal, and that is to be faster and better as a sportsman.
MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER:   Stjepan Janics
HERO/IDOL:   Stjepan Janics
FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE:   Duisburg
AMBITIONS :   To be a top athlete and finishing my dentistry studies.
CLUB:   BD Ranca Ptuj
NAME OF COACH:   Stjepan Janic before, now I am my own coach
NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH:   Croatian
SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN COACHED BY HIM/ HER?:   2009 and finished at 2013
TRAINING REGIME:   I train up to 14 times per week. It all depends at which stage of preparation I am. The thing that makes me unique is that I have a lot of motivation to be better. Because of the lack of training partners and good conditions in Slovenia I have to move a lot.
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR:   2011
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY:   Slovenia
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION:   2011 senior World Championships in Szeged
MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT:   2011 4th place at 500m European Junior Championships and 6th in the 200m in Zagreb  2012 5th place at 500m in the World Junior Championships in Brandenburg
PREFERRED DISTANCE:   200m
POSITION IN BOAT FOR TEAM BOATS:   1st
2016 EUROPEAN CANOE SPRINT OLYMPIC QUALIFIER
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