Mitja Petkovšek (born 6 February 1977 in

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) is a former

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gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

. Petkovšek is a specialist on

parallel bars Parallel bars are floor apparatus consisting of two wooden bars slightly over long and positioned at roughly head height. Parallel bars are used in artistic gymnastics and also for physical therapy and home exercise. Gymnasts may optionally we ...

, where he is world champion (2005, 2007), World Cup Final champion (2000, 2004), and European champion (2000, 2007, 2008). He has a total of 12 World Championship, World Cup Finals, and European Championship medals, 7 of them gold. He is married to Mojca Rode, a Slovenian rhythmic gymnast. He also competed at the

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and

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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* * * 1977 births Living people Slovenian male artistic gymnasts World champion gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Olympic gymnasts for Slovenia Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Ljubljana Universiade medalists in gymnastics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Slovenia Mediterranean Games medalists in gymnastics Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Universiade bronze medalists for Slovenia Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade European champions in gymnastics {{Slovenia-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub