Aljaž Pegan (born 2 June 1974) is a

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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. Pegan is a world and European champion on the

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, where he has a skill named after him. He also has an eponymous skill on the

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. He has competed internationally since 1988, but has not qualified for any

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due to IFG rules, which do not allow gymnasts to compete only on individual events. He was denied qualification to the 2008 Beijing Games when the "wild card" spot was awarded to a different gymnast.

Notable successes

* 1st, 1994 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships,

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* 3rd,

2000 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 24th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Bremen, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Rus ...

, Bremen * 2nd, 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships,

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* 3rd,

2004 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 26th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Ita ...

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* 1st,

2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 38th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia from 21 to 27 November 2005. Only the all-around and event finals were contested at this meet. There was no team competition; nations were ...

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* 2nd,

2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 39th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Aarhus, Denmark, from October 13 to October 21, 2006. The International Gymnastics Federation, which celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2006, introduced a new Code of Points at the ...

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* 2nd,

2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle (sometimes shortened to Schleyer-Halle) is an indoor arena located in Stuttgart, Germany. The capacity of the arena is nea ...

, Stuttgart

External links

RTVSLO, in Slovenian
* 1974 births Living people Slovenian male artistic gymnasts Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics World champion gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Slovenia Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Slovenia Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in gymnastics European champions in gymnastics {{Slovenia-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub