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Born | Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia | January 5, 1999
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Country | Slovenia |
Sport | Alpine skiing |
Nejc Naraločnik (born January 5, 1999 [1] [2] ) is an alpine skier who competes for Slovenia. He competed for Slovenia at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the downhill, Super-G, and combined. [3]
Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events held 10–23 February in the United States near Salt Lake City, Utah. The downhill, super-G, and combined events were held at Snowbasin, the giant slaloms at Park City, and the slaloms at adjacent Deer Valley.
Tina Maze is a retired Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer. She is the most successful Slovenian ski racer in history with a career that culminated with two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Maze was awarded the title of the Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year in 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015, and with her four medals she is the most decorated Slovenian athlete at the Winter Olympics.
Lindsey Caroline Vonn is an American World Cup alpine ski racer. She won four World Cup overall championships – third amongst female skiers to Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Mikaela Shiffrin – with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010, plus another in 2012. Vonn won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first one for an American woman. She also won a record eight World Cup season titles in the downhill discipline, five titles in super-G, and three consecutive titles in the combined (2010–2012). In 2016, she won her 20th World Cup crystal globe title, the overall record for men or women, surpassing Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden, who won 19 globes from 1975 to 1984. She has the third highest super ranking of all skiers, men or women.
Didier Cuche is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.
Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Elisabeth Görgl is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
Nejc Pečnik is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Austrian club ASC St. Paul. Primarily an attacking midfielder, he also plays as a winger or forward.
Nejc Vidmar is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Slovan.
Maruša Ferk Saioni is a Slovenian alpine skier.
Sport in Slovenia consists of a wide range of team and individual sports. The most popular team sports are football, basketball, volleyball, ice hockey, and handball. While the most popular individual sports are skiing, ski jumping, athletics, cycling, and tennis. Slovenia has competed at fifteen Olympic Games since its inaugural appearance at the 1992 Winter Olympics and is also known for its extreme sport athletes, such as ultramarathon swimmer Martin Strel and extreme skier Davo Karničar.
Nejc Skubic is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as a right-back.
Ilka Štuhec is a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer, focusing on the speed events of downhill and super-G. She was a three-time junior world champion in three different disciplines, and was the world champion in downhill in 2017 and 2019.
Miha Mevlja is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Slovenia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Sixty-six competitors were chosen to participate, in eight sports. For the first time since the country's independence, the Slovenia men's national ice hockey team qualified for the Olympic tournament.
Nejc Potokar is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a defender.
Boštjan Kline is a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. He has competed in four World Championships, and the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Matic Šušteršič was a Slovenian sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Nejc Brodar is a Slovenian cross-country skier. He competed in the men's sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Nejc Cehte is a Slovenian handball player who plays for RK Eurofarm Pelister and the Slovenia national team. He represented the country at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.
Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing District, China. The competitions took place from 6 to 20 February 2022.