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Nenad Trpovski (; born 15 September 1978) is a
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slalom canoer. Trpovski would compete at the
1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
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representing Macedonia in one men's canoeing event. He would represent the nation for their first appearance at an Olympic Games. He would compete in the men's slalom C-1 event. He would place 28th in his first run but would not finish the race in his record run. He would rank last out of the 30 competitors that participated in the event and thus did not medal.


Biography

Nenad Trpovski was born on 15 September 1978. Trpovski would compete at the
1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...
, United States, representing Macedonia (now North Macedonia) in one men's canoeing event. He would be one of the first Macedonian canoeing competitors and one of the first Macedonian sportspeople overall to compete at an Olympic Games, as the nation would make its official debut at the Olympic Games at this edition of the competition. Trpovski would compete in the men's slalom C-1 event against 29 other competitors on 27 July 1996. For his first round, he would record a time of 3:11.19 though earned a penalty time of 125 seconds, earning 316.19 points. He would place 28th in the round. For the second round, he would not finish the round and did not record a time, and was thus unranked in the placements of the round. Overall, he would place last in the event, placing behind
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of Croatia. The champion of the event was
Michal Martikán Michal Martikán (; born 18 May 1979) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has been competing at the international level since 1994. In 1996 he became the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for Slovakia since the country gained independence ...
of Slovakia who won with a time of 151.03 seconds.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trpovski, Nenad 1978 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Macedonian male canoeists Olympic canoeists for North Macedonia Place of birth missing (living people)