Alja Kozorog (born 17 December 1996) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012.[4] She is from Idrija pri Bači and trains with KK Soške Elektrarne.[2] Alja is coached by 1992 Olympian Borut Javornik.[3]
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| Nationality | Slovenian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1996[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Idrija pri Bači[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Slovenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | C1, K1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | KK Soške Elektrarne[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Borut Javornik[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kozorog won a bronze medal in the C1 team event at the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London. She also won two silver medals in the same event at the European Championships.[1] She won a silver medal in C1 team event at the 2017 U23 European Championships in Hohenlimburg.
Alja earned her best senior world championship result of 19th in the C1 event at the 2019 championships in La Seu d'Urgell,[5] which secured Slovenia an Olympic quota.[6][7] She finished in a career-best 4th place at the 2019 World Cup on her home course in Tacen.[8]
Kozorog finished in 12th place at the 2021 European Championships in Ivrea, ensuring her position at the delayed Games.[9] Alja represented Slovenia in the C1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she finished 12th after being eliminated in the semifinal.[8]
Alja has studied at the University of Ljubljana where she completed a master's degree in Kinesiology in 2019.[8][7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Canoeing – Alja Kozorog". TheSports.org. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Alja Kozorog". Sportal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Sprejem članov Kajak kluba Soške elektrarne [Reception of members of the Kayak Club Soške elektrarne]". seng.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Alja KOZOROG (SLO)". ICF – Planet Canoe. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Alja KOZOROG (SLO)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation
- ^ a b Mušič, Igor (14 February 2020). "Alja Kozorog: "Velikih in stalnih obremenitev sem navajena" [Alja Kozorog: "I am used to large and constant loads"]". Primorske Novice (in Slovenian). Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "KOZOROG Alja". Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Kanuistka Alja Kozorog iz Kajak Kluba Soške elektrarne bo nastopila na Olimpijskih igrah v Tokiu [Canoeist Alja Kozorog from the Kayak Club Soške elektrarne will perform at the Olympic Games in Tokyo]". Mestna občina Nova Gorica (in Slovenian). Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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