Lukáš Babač (born 20 March 1985) is a Slovak

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. Born in

Piešťany Piešťany (; , , , ) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its Piešťany District, own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around ...

, Slovakia, he started to row at age 12. After 4th place at the

World Rowing Junior Championships The World Rowing U19 Championships, former name World Rowing Junior Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). A rower or coxswain shall be classified as a Junior until 31 Decemb ...

he qualified for

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. At the 2004 he was the youngest member of the Slovak Olympic Team. His best result was silver medal at the

World Rowing Championships The World Rowing Championships is an international Rowing (sport), rowing regatta organized by International Rowing Federation, FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It is a week-long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer ...

in 2010 in New Zealand. He also has a silver medal form

World Rowing U23 Championships World Rowing U23 Championships is an international rowing regatta Boat racing is a sport in which boats, or other types of watercraft, race on water. Boat racing powered by oars is recorded as having occurred in ancient Egypt, and it is ...

in 2005, 2 silver medals from

European Rowing Championships The European Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organised by World Rowing (named FISA until 2020) for European rowing nations, plus Israel, which, though not a member of the European federation, is treated as a European n ...

and he is an Academic World Champion, all in LM1x (

lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the spor ...

men's

single scull A single scull (or a scull), abbreviated as a 1x, is a racing shell designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-se ...

s). He won 2 FISA World cup races in Bled and Lucern 2015. In 2016 Babač become the European Champion at the

in Brandenburg. His coach is Dr. Vaclav Kacíř. After ending his career as a rower, he started cycling in a "Cyklisti Trnava" semi-professional cycling club.

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* * * * 1985 births Living people Slovak male rowers Sportspeople from Piešťany Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Slovakia World Rowing Championships medalists for Slovakia European Rowing Championships medalists 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-rowing-bio-stub