Benjamin Savšek


Benjamin Savšek 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 [Canoeing at the 2012 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2012 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1|C1 event]. He finished in 6th place in the [Canoeing at the 2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1|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 [Canoeing at the 2024 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2024 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1|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 and a bronze. 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. Six of these medals are individual.
Savšek has also had success in the World Cup where he has collected 5 victories and 19 podiums as of 2023. He is yet to win the overall title, however, finishing in the runner-up position of 4 occasions. He finished in the top ten of the overall standings every year from 2009 to 2023.
Savšek was the year-end World No. 1 in C1 event in 2015 and 2022.
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Career statistics

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
20093 August 2009Kananaskis2ndC11
201019 June 2010Prague2ndC1
201225 August 2012Prague1stC1
201414 June 2014Tacen1stC1
201421 June 2014Prague3rdC1
201520 June 2015Prague2ndC1
201527 June 2015Kraków3rdC1
20158 August 2015La Seu d'Urgell3rdC1
20163 September 2016Prague3rdC1
201610 September 2016Tacen1stC1
201710 September 2017La Seu d'Urgell1stC1
202113 June 2021Prague3rdC1
202120 June 2021Markkleeberg3rdC1
202112 September 2021Pau2ndC1
202219 June 2022Kraków2ndC1
202226 June 2022Tacen3rdC1
202228 August 2022Pau3rdC1
202310 June 2023Prague1stC1
202316 June 2023Tacen3rdC1
20248 June 2024Prague2ndC1
202414 September 2024Ivrea1stC1