Urša Kragelj (born 2 July 1988 in
Å empeter pri Gorici
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) is a
Slovenia
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slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2003.
She won two bronze medals in the K1 team event at the
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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, earning them in
2010
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and
2013
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2013 was designated as:
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*International Year of Quinoa
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January
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. She also won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal at the
European Championships
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.
Kragelj won the overall
World Cup
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title in the K1 class in
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
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.
She finished in 9th place in the
K1 event at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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.
World Cup individual podiums
References
2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 K1 women's team final results.nbsp;– accessed 11 September 2010.
External links
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Living people
Slovenian female canoeists
1988 births
Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for Slovenia
Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Sportspeople from Å empeter pri Gorici
20th-century Slovenian women
21st-century Slovenian sportswomen
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