List of Slovenian sportspeople

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Leon Stukelj, the most successful Slovenian sportsman Leon Stukelj 1958 (2).jpg
Leon Štukelj, the most successful Slovenian sportsman
Tina Maze, the most successful Slovenian sportswoman Tina Maze Semmering 2010.jpg
Tina Maze, the most successful Slovenian sportswoman

This is a partial list of Slovenian sportspeople. For the full plain list of Slovenian sportspeople on Wikipedia, see Category:Slovenian sportspeople .

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Alpine skiing

Jure Kosir Jure Kosir Zagreb 2009.jpg
Jure Košir
Primoz Kozmus Primoz Kozmus 2012.jpg
Primož Kozmus

Archery

Draga Stamejcic Draga Stamejcic 1964.jpg
Draga Stamejčič

Athletics

Badminton

Ivo Daneu Ivo Daneu 1968.jpg
Ivo Daneu
Goran Dragic 20160813 Basketball OBV Vier-Nationen-Turnier 2969.jpg
Goran Dragić

Basketball

Biathlon

Teja Gregorin Teja Gregorin.jpg
Teja Gregorin

Boxing

Canoeing

Peter Kauzer Peter Kauzer.JPG
Peter Kauzer
Luka Bozic and Saso Taljat Luka Bozic in Saso Taljat.jpg
Luka Božič and Sašo Taljat

Climbing

Cross-country skiing

Petra Majdic Petra Majdic after 2010 Winter Olympics (2).jpg
Petra Majdič

Cycling

Simon Spilak Tour de Romandie 2013 - Stage 5 - Podium - Simon Spilak (cropped).jpg
Simon Špilak

Fencing

Figure skating

Srecko Katanec Srecko Katanec.jpg
Srečko Katanec

Football

Samir Handanovic Samir Handanovic Inter 2014.jpg
Samir Handanović

Freestyle skiing

Filip Flisar Filip Flisar 2015.jpg
Filip Flisar

Gymnastics

Miroslav Cerar Miroslav Cerar 1964b.jpg
Miroslav Cerar

Handball

Ice hockey

Anze Kopitar Anze Kopitar.jpg
Anže Kopitar

Judo

Urska Zolnir Urska Zolnir crop.jpg
Urška Žolnir

Nordic combined

Rowing

Iztok Cop Iztok Cop at the 2012 Olympics.jpg
Iztok Čop

Sailing

Primoz Peterka Primoz Peterka at Holmenkollen 2005.jpg
Primož Peterka

Ski jumping

Peter Prevc FIS Ski Jumping World Cup 2014 - Engelberg - 20141220 - Peter Prevc.jpg
Peter Prevc

Snowboarding

Zan Kosir Zan Kosir FIS World Cup Parallel Slalom Jauerling 2012.jpg
Žan Košir

Shooting

Rajmond Debevec Rajmond Debevec crop.jpg
Rajmond Debevec

Swimming

Peter Mankoc Peter Mankoc, Vienna2008.jpg
Peter Mankoč

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik at the 2010 US Open 01.jpg
Katarina Srebotnik

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