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5 unusual facts about Liptovsky Mikulas


Alexander Slafkovský

Alexander Slafkovský (born March 11, 1983 in Liptovský Mikuláš) is a Slovak slalom canoer who has competed since the late 1990s.

Christos Tsakmakis

He won a bronze medal in the C-1 event at the 2007 European Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš.

Jiří Třanovský

From 1631 until 1637, Třanovský was pastor at a church in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš in present-day Slovakia.

Liptovský Mikuláš

The area is also well-known due to its location close to the biggest ski resort in Slovakia, Jasná.

The leader of Slovak national revival, Ľudovít Štúr, publicly revealed a document called "The demands of Slovak nation" in 1848 in Liptovský Mikuláš as an official appeal to the leaders of Austrian-Hungarian empire to help solve the present existentional problems of Slovak people (unsuccessful).


Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

There were two events: the 2013 Junior Sprint World Championships in Welland, Ontario and the 2013 Junior slalom championship in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia were quotas were awarded.

Janko Kráľ

Janko Kráľ (24 April 1822 in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš (now Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia) - 23 May 1876 in Zlaté Moravce was one of the most significant and most radical Slovak romantic poets of the Ľudovít Štúr generation and a national activist.


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