Iztok Čop, born on 17 June 1972 in Kranj, is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medalist who started rowing at the age of 13 in Bled. He won bronze in the coxless pair with Denis Žvegelj at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the first Olympic medal for independent Slovenia, and gold in the double sculls with Luka Špik at Sydney in 2000, its first Olympic gold. The pair took silver at Athens in 2004 and bronze at London in 2012, and in 2008 Čop became the fourth Slovenian to compete at five Olympic Games. He was world champion in the single sculls in 1995 and in the double sculls in 1999, 2005 and 2007.
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is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medalist
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gold at the Sydney Olympics in 2000
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Špik and Čop were the favourites to repeat the victory in men's double sculls at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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