Gal Jakič was born on 7th of January in Ljubljana, Slovenia. As a kid, he fell in love with sports. He trained tennis, basketball, swimming and track & field athletics, his first athletic training being held on September 11th, 2001.
At the age of 13, he suffered from a spinal stroke which overnight remade the athlete to a baby. He was unable to sit, stand or walk, control his bladder and bowel and became dependent of others. To move around he had to use the wheelchair.
Gal Jakič returned to sports shortly thereafter. Failing to see any passion in the games of wheelchair basketball and disabled track & field, he chose adaptive alpine skiing - relatively unknown to Slovenia at the time, the fastest disabled sports there is, with adaptive ski racers reaching speeds up to 100 km/h and beyond. He became a member of Slovenia Paralympic Ski Team in 2005, earning himself the spot on Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Teams along with several top finishes in national and international events all over the World. His ultimate goal is to bring home a Paralympic medal from Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games
In 2010, Gal started parakayaking in the K1 200m Flat Water Sprint. He is now a member of Slovene National Flat Water Team, with parakayaking being the summer counterpart to skiing, presenting a great way of fitness as well as keeping the competitive edge going all year long. He hopes to keep flat water racing & making the Slovene Paralympic Team when parakayaking will be presenting itself on global stage at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Gal lives between his first home in Ljubljana, Slovenia and his second home in Winter Park, Colorado, USA trying to push the limits of his body to the maximum. In his spare time he designs websites, does programming and/or sports photography. He is also a son, brother and grandson as well as trying to be a good friend and promoter of adaptive sport through talks and lectures.
Yeah, talk about busy ... !
At the age of 13, he suffered from a spinal stroke which overnight remade the athlete to a baby. He was unable to sit, stand or walk, control his bladder and bowel and became dependent of others. To move around he had to use the wheelchair.
Gal Jakič returned to sports shortly thereafter. Failing to see any passion in the games of wheelchair basketball and disabled track & field, he chose adaptive alpine skiing - relatively unknown to Slovenia at the time, the fastest disabled sports there is, with adaptive ski racers reaching speeds up to 100 km/h and beyond. He became a member of Slovenia Paralympic Ski Team in 2005, earning himself the spot on Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Teams along with several top finishes in national and international events all over the World. His ultimate goal is to bring home a Paralympic medal from Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games
In 2010, Gal started parakayaking in the K1 200m Flat Water Sprint. He is now a member of Slovene National Flat Water Team, with parakayaking being the summer counterpart to skiing, presenting a great way of fitness as well as keeping the competitive edge going all year long. He hopes to keep flat water racing & making the Slovene Paralympic Team when parakayaking will be presenting itself on global stage at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Gal lives between his first home in Ljubljana, Slovenia and his second home in Winter Park, Colorado, USA trying to push the limits of his body to the maximum. In his spare time he designs websites, does programming and/or sports photography. He is also a son, brother and grandson as well as trying to be a good friend and promoter of adaptive sport through talks and lectures.
Yeah, talk about busy ... !