Mitja Petkovšek

Mitja Petkovšek
— Gymnast —
Country represented	Slovenia
Born	February 6, 1977
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record World Championships 2005 Melbourne Parallel Bars 2007 Stuttgart Parallel Bars 2002 Debrecen Parallel Bars European Championships 2000 Bremen Parallel Bars 2006 Volos Parallel Bars 2007 Amsterdam Parallel Bars 2008 Lausanne Parallel Bars 1998 Saint Petersburg Parallel Bars 2002 Patras Parallel Bars 2009 Milan Parallel Bars 2005 Debrecen Parallel Bars 2012 Montpellier Parallel Bars Summer Universiade 1997 Sicily Parallel Bars

Mitja Petkovšek (born February 6, 1977 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian gymnast. Petkovšek is a specialist on parallel bars, where he is world champion (2005, 2007), World Cup Final champion (2000, 2004), and European champion (2000, 2007, 2008). Although he has never won a medal at an Olympics, his total of 12 world championship, World Cup Finals, and European championship medals (7 of them Gold) means that he has both more parallel bars titles at these levels and more medals at these levels than any other gymnast in the history of the sport. He is married to Mojca Rode, Slovenian rhythmic gymnast.^[1]

References

1. http://www.mitjapetkovsek.si/

External links

• Mitja Petkovšek at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique