Lukáš Kožienka (born 30 June 1989)[1] is a Slovak bobsledder and weightlifter.

Lukáš Kožienka
Personal information
NationalitySlovak
Born (1989-06-30) 30 June 1989 (age 34)
Trstená, Czechoslovakia[1]
EducationMatej Bel University[2]
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Country Slovakia
Sport Bobsleigh

Career edit

Weightlifting edit

Kožienka was a weightlifter in the European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships.[3] He earned 330 points during the 2007 weightlifting tournament in Trenčín on 15 December 2007.[4]

During the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, he finished 27th place in the category over 105 kg, but did not score points for Slovakia for Olympic qualification.[5]

Bobsleigh edit

In 2013, Kožienka was offered to play bobsleigh by Milan Jagnešák.[6] At the 2014 Winter Olympics, they teamed up with Petr Narovec and Juraj Mokráš in the four-man bobsleigh category, finishing 25th place.[7]

At the 2013–14 Bobsleigh World Cup, Kožienka finished tenth place in the two-man bobsleigh category with Milan Jagnešák.[8] The following season, this time Michal Tkáč as his partner, they finished 31st place.[9]

At the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup in Altenberg, Kožienka teamed up with Radek Matoušek, Vladimír Šimík, and Jakub Fendek in the four-man bobsleigh category. They made it to the top ten by finishing tenth place, ranked nine.[10]

At the 2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup, Kožienka teamed up with Pavol Táborský in the two-man bobsleigh category. They finished 23rd[11] and 28th places,[12] respectively in the first and second round.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Lukáš Kožienka". sportweb.pravda.sk (in Slovak). Pravda. 2 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014 profile". Archived from the original on 19 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Lukáš Kožienka na ME šiesty". Sme (in Slovak). Bratislava: Petit Press. 8 August 2006.
  4. ^ "L. Kožienka okorenil záver rekordmi". Sme (in Slovak). Bratislava: Petit Press. 12 January 2008.
  5. ^ "Lukáš Kožienka vzpieral na majstrovstvách sveta". Sme (in Slovak). Bratislava: Petit Press. 21 November 2014.
  6. ^ Ferenčík, Tomáš (29 November 2014). "Lukáš Kožienka neodporúča boby slabým povahám". Sme (in Slovak). Bratislava: Petit Press.
  7. ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Slovenský dvojbob skončil prvýkrát v sezóne v prvej desiatke". SITA (in Slovak). 9 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Slovenskí bobisti získali prvé body v sezóne". SITA (in Slovak). 12 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Slováci v Altenbergu v prvej desiatke v úvodnej súťaži v štvorboboch". SITA (in Slovak). 25 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Boby-EP: Slováci pri premiére v dvojboboch za najlepšou dvadsiatkou". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Bratislava: Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia. 13 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Boby-EP: Táborský s Kožienkom v druhých pretekoch v Königssee na 28. mieste". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Bratislava: Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia. 13 December 2018.

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