Lukáš Kožienka
Slovak bobsledder
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Lukáš Kožienka (born 30 June 1989)[1] is a Slovak bobsledder and weightlifter.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Born | 30 June 1989 |
| Education | Matej Bel University[2] |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Slovakia |
| Sport |  Bobsleigh |
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.
