Benjamin Savšek

Benjamin Savšek (born 24 March 1987) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002, specializing in the C1 discipline. With an Olympic gold, 2 individual world titles and 4 individual European titles, he is one of the most successful C1 paddlers of his generation.

Savšek competed at four Olympic Games. His first appearance was at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he finished in 8th place in the C1 event. He finished in 6th place in the same event four years later at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo he won gold in the C1 event after completing a clean run in the final. He also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing 11th in the C1 event and 12th in kayak cross.

Savšek won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships including 5 individual medals. He won gold in the C1 event in 2017 in Pau and then again in 2023 in London. He also has two silvers (2014 and 2015) and a bronze (2013). The other five medals came from the C1 team events as part of the Slovenian team. These include a gold in 2022, a silver in 2018 and three bronzes in 2014, 2015 and 2025.

Savšek also won 14 medals at the European Canoe Slalom Championships (8 golds, 2 silver and 4 bronzes). Six of these medals are individual (4 golds and 2 bronzes).

Career statistics

Major championships results timeline

World Cup individual podiums Total C1 6 6 9 21

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2009 3 August 2009 Kananaskis 2nd C11 2010 19 June 2010 Prague 2nd C1 2012 25 August 2012 Prague 1st C1 2014 14 June 2014 Tacen 1st C1 21 June 2014 Prague 3rd C1 2015 20 June 2015 Prague 2nd C1 27 June 2015 Kraków 3rd C1 8 August 2015 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd C1 2016 3 September 2016 Prague 3rd C1 10 September 2016 Tacen 1st C1 2017 10 September 2017 La Seu d'Urgell 1st C1 2021 13 June 2021 Prague 3rd C1 20 June 2021 Markkleeberg 3rd C1 12 September 2021 Pau 2nd C1 2022 19 June 2022 Kraków 2nd C1 26 June 2022 Tacen 3rd C1 28 August 2022 Pau 3rd C1 2023 10 June 2023 Prague 1st C1 16 June 2023 Tacen 3rd C1 2024 8 June 2024 Prague 2nd C1 14 September 2024 Ivrea 1st C1

1 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points