| Robert Kranjec | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 16 July 1981 Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia [1] |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] |
| Personal best | 244 m (801 ft) Vikersund, 25 February 2012 |
| 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) |
Medal record | |
Robert Kranjec (born 16 July 1981) is a Slovenian former ski jumper.
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]
Kranjec was born in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (present-day Slovenia) to a Slovene mother and a Croat father. [5] [6]
| 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 |
| 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 |
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