Mitja Petkovšek
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Mitja Petkovšek is a Slovenia
n gymnast
. Petkovšek competes on the parallel bars
, where he is World Champion (2005, 2007), World Cup Finals Champion (2000, 2004), and European Champion (2000, 2007, 2008). Although he has never competed at an Olympics, his total of 12 World Championship, World Cup Finals, and European Championships medals (7 of them Gold), means that he has both more titles at these levels and more medals at these levels than any other gymnast in the history of the sport.
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n gymnast
Gymnast
Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.See gymnasium for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.-Female artistic:Australia...
. Petkovšek competes on the parallel bars
Parallel bars (gymnastics)
Parallel bars is an apparatus used by male gymnasts in artistic gymnastics. Gymnasts may optionally wear grips when performing a routine on the parallel bars, although this is uncommon.- The apparatus :...
, where he is World Champion (2005, 2007), World Cup Finals Champion (2000, 2004), and European Champion (2000, 2007, 2008). Although he has never competed at an Olympics, his total of 12 World Championship, World Cup Finals, and European Championships medals (7 of them Gold), means that he has both more titles at these levels and more medals at these levels than any other gymnast in the history of the sport.