Lukáš Kožienka Explained

Lukáš Kožienka
Nationality:Slovak
Birth Date:1989 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Trstená, Czechoslovakia[1]
Education:Matej Bel University[2]
Height:1.87m (06.14feet)
Weight:950NaN0
Sport: Bobsleigh

Lukáš Kožienka (born 30 June 1989)[1] is a Slovak bobsledder and weightlifter.

Career

Weightlifting

Kožienka was a weightlifter in the European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships.[3] He earned 330 points during the 2007 weightlifting tournament in Trenčín on 15 December 2007.[4]

During the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, he finished 27th place in the category over 105 kg, but did not score points for Slovakia for Olympic qualification.[5]

Bobsleigh

In 2013, Kožienka was offered to play bobsleigh by Milan Jagnešák.[6] At the 2014 Winter Olympics, they teamed up with Petr Narovec and Juraj Mokráš in the four-man bobsleigh category, finishing 25th place.[7]

At the 2013–14 Bobsleigh World Cup, Kožienka finished tenth place in the two-man bobsleigh category with Milan Jagnešák.[8] The following season, this time Michal Tkáč as his partner, they finished 31st place.[9]

At the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup in Altenberg, Kožienka teamed up with Radek Matoušek, Vladimír Šimík, and Jakub Fendek in the four-man bobsleigh category. They made it to the top ten by finishing tenth place, ranked nine.[10]

At the 2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup, Kožienka teamed up with Pavol Táborský in the two-man bobsleigh category. They finished 23rd[11] and 28th places,[12] respectively in the first and second round.

Notes and References

  1. News: Lukáš Kožienka. sportweb.pravda.sk. Pravda. 2 February 2014. sk.
  2. Web site: Sochi 2014 profile. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140319224648/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-lukas-kozienka. 19 March 2014.
  3. News: Lukáš Kožienka na ME šiesty. Sme. Bratislava. Petit Press. 8 August 2006. sk.
  4. News: L. Kožienka okorenil záver rekordmi. Sme. Bratislava. Petit Press. 12 January 2008. sk.
  5. News: Lukáš Kožienka vzpieral na majstrovstvách sveta. Sme. Bratislava. Petit Press. 21 November 2014. sk.
  6. News: Tomáš. Ferenčík. Lukáš Kožienka neodporúča boby slabým povahám. Sme. Bratislava. Petit Press. 29 November 2014. sk.
  7. Web site: Sports Reference Profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050535/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/lukas-kozienka-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020.
  8. News: Slovenský dvojbob skončil prvýkrát v sezóne v prvej desiatke. SITA. 9 January 2014. sk.
  9. News: Slovenskí bobisti získali prvé body v sezóne. SITA. 12 December 2014. sk.
  10. News: Slováci v Altenbergu v prvej desiatke v úvodnej súťaži v štvorboboch. SITA. 25 November 2017. sk.
  11. News: Boby-EP: Slováci pri premiére v dvojboboch za najlepšou dvadsiatkou. Aktuality.sk. Bratislava. Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia. 13 December 2018. sk.
  12. News: Boby-EP: Táborský s Kožienkom v druhých pretekoch v Königssee na 28. mieste. Aktuality.sk. Bratislava. Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia. 13 December 2018. sk.