Robert Kranjec

Robert Kranjec

Personal information
Born	(1981-07-16) 16 July 1981 (age 44) Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia [1]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Sport
Sport	Skiing
World Cup career
Seasons	1998 2000–2016 2018–2019
Indiv. starts	325
Indiv. podiums	27
Indiv. wins	7
Team starts	51
Team podiums	16
Team wins	8
Ski Flying titles	2 (2010, 2012)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	244 m (801 ft) Vikersund, 25 February 2012
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 Oslo Team LH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 Vikersund Individual 2012 Vikersund Team

Robert Kranjec (born 16 July 1981) is a Slovenian former ski jumper.

Career

Kranjec won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the team large hill event. He won his first World Cup event at Kuusamo, Finland in 2005. In the following years, he could not reach any top results except for ski flying competitions. In 2010 he celebrated his second World Cup victory at Tauplitz, Austria. After two more successful ski flying competitions at Tauplitz and Oberstdorf, in which he achieved second place each time, he won the ski flying World Cup in the 2009–10 season.

In 2012, he won the 2012 FIS Ski Flying World Championships and thus became Slovenia's third World Champion in ski jumping and the first in ski flying. He also set a new national record. ^[2] At the same championship, he won the bronze medal in team competition. In the same season, Kranjec also won his second ski flying World Cup title. ^[3]

Kranjec retired from ski jumping in March 2019. ^[4]

Personal life

Kranjec was born in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (present-day Slovenia) to a Slovene mother and a Croat father. ^{[5] [6]}

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1997–98	—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	—	—	—	—	N/A
2001–02	16	23	N/A	7	N/A
2002–03	17	25	N/A	15	N/A
2003–04	46	47	N/A	36	N/A
2004–05	45	58	N/A	32	N/A
2005–06	16	28	N/A	—	N/A
2006–07	27	37	N/A	35	N/A
2007–08	25	28	N/A	30	N/A
2008–09	23	31	7	12	N/A
2009–10	10	14		12	N/A
2010–11	18	21	8	N/A	N/A
2011–12	9	14		N/A	N/A
2012–13	6	21		N/A	N/A
2013–14	11	28	9	N/A	N/A
2014–15	26	29	21	N/A	N/A
2015–16	13	42		N/A	N/A
2017–18	49	—	27	N/A	N/A
2018–19	—	—	—	N/A	N/A

Individual wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2005–06	26 November 2005	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi HS142	LH
2	2009–10	9 January 2010	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS200	FH
3	2011–12	15 January 2012	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS200	FH
4		16 March 2012	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215	FH
5	2012–13	27 January 2013	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225	FH
6	2015–16	12 February 2016	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225	FH
7		18 March 2016	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225	FH

References

1. "Robert Kranjec – Player Profile – Ski Jumping". Eurosport . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
2. T. G. (25 February 2012). "Video: Robijev zlati polet za zgodovino!" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
3. S. J.; Ž. K. (18 March 2012). "Kranjec s 100. slovenskimi stopničkami do malega globusa" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija . Retrieved 28 November 2016.
4. Lopatič, Jaka (20 March 2019). "Robert Kranjec se je odločil: Konec je! #video" (in Slovenian). Siol . Retrieved 21 March 2019.
5. "Dobitniki Bloudkovih priznanj za leto 2002" [Bloudek Award winner of 2002](PDF). Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Slovenia (in Slovenian). 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
6. Škrbić, Kažimir (20 July 2017). "Bivši svjetski prvak, dvostruki pobjednik Svjetskog kupa i osvajač olimpijske bronce u skijaškim letovima, odmara se na Viru". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 March 2021.

External links

• Robert Kranjec at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Robert Kranjec at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)