Career
Iztok started rowing at the age of 13 in Bled, where Slovenia"s best rowing club is located. He then switched to the single scull, winning gold at the 1995 World Championship, but came fourth at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Špik and Čop came into the 2012 Summer Olympics as not-favorites, however with a strong performance in the semifinals they announced they would be running for a medal.
After taking an early lead and holding it until nearly 1500 m mark, they lost the lead to the Italians and the later winners from New Zealand.
In 2008 he became the fourth Slovenian to compete at five Olympics, after shooter Rajmond Debevec (seven Olympics) in 2000, biathlete/cross country skier Sašo Grajf in 2002, and biathlete Janez Ožbolt in 2006.
