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{{Short description|Croatian sprint canoeist (1953–2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Matija Ljubek
| image            = Matija Ljubek 1007.JPG
| image_size       = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> 
| caption          = Ljubek's grave at [[Mirogoj Cemetery]].
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1953|11|22|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Belišće]], [[PR Croatia]], [[FPR Yugoslavia]]
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2000|10|11|1953|11|22|df=y}}
| death_place      = [[Valpovo]], [[Croatia]]
| resting_place    = [[Mirogoj Cemetery]], [[Zagreb]] 
| height           = {{convert|180|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight           = {{convert|85|kg|lb|0}}
| country          = [[Yugoslavia]]
| sport            = [[Canoeing]]
| show-medals      = yes
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[canoe sprint]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{YUG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalGold|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montréal]]|[[Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres|C-1 1000 m]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]|[[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres|C-2 500 m]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]|[[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres|C-2 1000 m]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montréal]]|[[Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres|C-1 500 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1978 Belgrade]]|C-1 1000 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1982 Belgrade]]|C-2 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1983 Tampere]]|C-2 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1985 Mechelen]]|C-2 10000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1981 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1981 Nottingham]]|C-1 10000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1982 Belgrade]]|C-2 1000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1985 Mechelen]]|C-2 1000 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1975 Belgrade]]|C-1 10000 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1978 Belgrade]]|C-1 10000 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1983 Tampere]]|C-2 1000 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1979 Mediterranean Games|1979 Split]]|C-1 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1979 Mediterranean Games|1979 Split]]|C-1 1000 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1979 Mediterranean Games|1979 Split]]|C-2 500 m}}
}}

'''Matija Ljubek''' ({{IPA|hr|ʎǔbek}}; 22 November 1953 – 11 October 2000) was a [[Croatia]]n [[Canoe racing|sprint canoeist]] who competed in the 1970s and 1980s and later became a sports official.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Ljubek, Matija |encyclopedia = Hrvatska enciklopedija |url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/ljubek-matija}}</ref>

Born in [[Belišće]], [[Osijek-Baranja County|Osijek-Baranja]], Ljubek competed in four [[Summer Olympics]] where he won four medals. This included two golds (C-1 1000 m: [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]], C-2 500 m: [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] with [[Mirko Nišović]]), one silver (C-2 1000 m: 1984 with [[Mirko Nišović]]), and one bronze (C-1 500 m: 1976). His trainer was [[Laszlo Hingl]]. He also won ten medals at the [[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] with four golds (C-1 1000 m: [[1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1978]], C-2 500 m: [[1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1982]], [[1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1983]]; C-2 10000 m: [[1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1985]]), three silvers (C-1 10000 m: [[1981 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1981]], C-2 1000 m: 1982, 1985), and three bronzes (C-1 10000 m: [[1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1975]], 1978; C-2 1000 m: 1983).

In [[1976 in sports|1976]] he was awarded a [[Golden Badge]] award for best athlete of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]].

Ljubek later became vice-president of the [[Croatian Olympic Committee]] and served as ''[[Head of Mission|chef de mission]]'' for the [[Croatia at the Olympics|Croatian Olympic team]].

Ljubek died in 2000 when he was shot by an estranged brother-in-law while trying to defend his mother in [[Valpovo]], Osijek-Baranja, six days after returning from the [[2000 Summer Olympics]].

==Olympic results==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!colspan=5|Olympic results
|-
!Event
!width="120"|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]
!width="120"|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]
!width="120"|[[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]
!width="120"|[[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]
|-
|align=left|C-1 500 m
|[[Image:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres|3rd]] {{small|(1:59.60)}}
|style="background: #ccffcc"|[[Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres|9th]] {{small|(2:03.43)}}
|{{sortdash}}
|{{sortdash}}
|-
|align=left|C-1 1000 m
|[[Image:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres|1st]] {{small|(4:09.51)}}
|style="background: #ccffcc"|[[Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres|8th]] {{small|(4:22.40)}}
|{{sortdash}}
|{{sortdash}}
|-
|align=left|C-2 500 m
|{{sortdash}}
|{{sortdash}}
|[[Image:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres|1st]] {{small|(1:43.67)}}
|{{sortdash}}
|-
|align=left|C-2 1000 m
|{{sortdash}}
|style="background: #ccffcc"|[[Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres|4th]] {{small|(3:51.30)}}
|[[Image:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres|2nd]] {{small|(3:41.56)}}
|[[Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres|12th]] {{small|(3:59.04)}}
|}

==References==
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=5 January 2010 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). ''CanoeICF.com''. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113142416/http://www.bcu.org.uk/files/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf |date2=13 January 2016 |title2=BCU.org.uk}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=9 November 2009 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. ''CanoeICF.com''. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071809/http://bcu.org.uk/files/pages%2042-83%20from%20medal%20winners%20icf%20updated%202007.pdf |date2=11 March 2016 |title2=BCU.org.uk}}
* {{Cite web |editor-last=Kamber |editor-first=Raymond |editor-link=Raymond Kamber |date=2008 |url=https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/results_history_-_complete_medal_winners_icf_updated_2007.pdf |title=Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) |website=CanoeICF.com |publisher=[[International Canoe Federation]] |pages=1–83 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518200125/https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/results_history_-_complete_medal_winners_icf_updated_2007.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2018}}
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lj/matija-ljubek-1.html |title=Matija Ljubek |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203133058/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lj/matija-ljubek-1.html |archivedate=2016-12-03}}
* Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Singles 1000 Meters". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p.&nbsp;480.

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
* {{Olympics.com|id=matija-ljubek|org_archive=20190504135932}}
* {{Olympedia|11205}}

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{{Croatian Athlete of the Year (men)}}
{{Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - Life Achievement}}

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