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'''Aleksandar Aleksić''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Александар Алексић}}; April 13, 1992) is a retired [[Serbia]]n sprint canoer.

'''Aleksandar Aleksić''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Александар Алексић}}, April 13, 1992) is a retired [[Serbia]]n sprint canoer.


He won a bronze medal in the K4 1000 m event at the [[2012 Canoe Sprint European Championships]] in [[Zagreb]]. For this result, he got a Serbian sports lifetime pension and an award for promoting Serbia internationally.
He won a bronze medal in the K4 1000 m event at the [[2012 Canoe Sprint European Championships]] in [[Zagreb]]. For this result, he got a Serbian sports lifetime pension and an award for promoting Serbia internationally.

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Aleksandar Aleksić
Александар Алексић
Aleksandar Aleksic in Szolnok, 2012
Personal information
NationalitySerbia
Born (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32)
Šabac, Serbia
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight89.0 kg (196.2 lb; 14.02 st)
Sport
SportCanoe racing
Club"Zorka" Šabac
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Serbia
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Zagreb K4 1000 m

Aleksandar Aleksić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Алексић; April 13, 1992) is a retired Serbian sprint canoer.

He won a bronze medal in the K4 1000 m event at the 2012 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Zagreb. For this result, he got a Serbian sports lifetime pension and an award for promoting Serbia internationally.

Biography

Aleksandar was born in Šabac, Serbia on 13 April 1992. He began canoeing in 2004 when he was 12.

The best results of his career so far are a bronze medal at the European Championship and 9th place in the Olympic Games in 2012.[1] He was also fifth in the World Championship and achieved one win on the first stage of the World Cup 2013 held in Szeged.

When he was in junior category, his best result was 4th place at European championships in 2009.[2]

Aleksandar was a Red Bull sponsored athlete from 2013 to the end of his career at the end of 2014.

He is currently retired from competition.[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandar Aleksić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ a b Aleksandar Aleksić Archived 2012-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. Serbian Olympic Committee