Slovenia at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Slovenia at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Slovenia
IOC code	SLO
NOC	Slovenian Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors	28 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Taja Bodlaj & Miha Oserban
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 6
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

Slovenia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. This will be Slovenia's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

Alpine skier Miha Oserban and ski jumper Taja Bodlaj were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline. ^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	3	3	6
Biathlon	3	2	5
Cross-country skiing	2	2	4
Curling	1	1	2
Luge	1	0	1
Nordic combined	2	2	4
Short track speed skating	0	1	1
Ski jumping	2	2	4
Snowboarding	1	0	1
Total	15	13	28

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Taja Bodlaj	Ski jumping	Women's individual normal hill	20 January
Gold	Ajda Košnjek Urban Simnic Taja Bodlaj Enej Faletič	Ski jumping	Mixed team normal hill	21 January
Silver	Ela Sever	Biathlon	Women's sprint	23 January
Silver	Teja Pavec	Nordic combined	Women's individual normal hill/4 km	29 January
Silver	Aljaž Janhar Tia Malovrh Teja Pavec Lovro Percl Seručnik	Nordic combined	Mixed team normal hill/4 × 3.3 km	31 January
Bronze	Tia Malovrh	Nordic combined	Women's individual normal hill/4 km	29 January

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender). ^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gal Hajdinjak	Super-G	—	Did not finsih
	Giant slalom	51.73	27	Disqualified
	Slalom	48.96	23	Did not finsih
	Combined	55.94	20	56.37	17	1:52.31	19
Miha Oserban	Super-G	—	57.11	34
	Giant slalom	Did not finsih
	Slalom	47.57	6	Did not finsih
	Combined	55.15	9	55.21	5	1:50.36	4
Jaka Škrjanc	Super-G	—	56.15	25
	Giant slalom	51.93	31	47.86	23	1:39.79	24
	Slalom	49.37	25	53.42	11	1:42.79	13
	Combined	56.89	33	Did not finsih

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Bokal	Super-G	—	Did not finsih
	Giant slalom	Did not finsih
	Slalom	Did not finsih
	Combined	58.44	21	55.58	23	1:54.02	23
Ana Merc	Super-G	—	57.79	37
	Giant slalom	52.53	25	56.10	21	1:48.63	20
	Slalom	53.67	27	50.83	22	1:44.50	22
	Combined	59.07	29	Did not finsih
Lana Pušnik	Super-G	—	56.79	31
	Giant slalom	Did not finsih
	Slalom	Did not finsih
	Combined	58.15	17	Did not finsih

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
Ana Bokal Miha Oserban	Parallel mixed team	United States L 1–3	Did not advance

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Nejc Einhauer	Individual	24:35.9	1 (0+1)	50
	Sprint	52:15.6	9 (4+1+2+2)	73
Jaka Pilar	Individual	23:42.5	2 (0+2)	27
	Sprint	44:52.1	4 (2+0+2+0)	15
Gregor Rupnik	Individual	26:47.0	6 (3+3)	79
	Sprint	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Ela Sever	Sprint	20:15.3	3 (2+1)
	Individual	42:59.6	9 (3+3+1+2)	31
Ajda Špitalar	Sprint	23:56.0	4 (2+2)	39
	Individual	44:24.1	5 (0+1+2+2)	47

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jaka Pilar Ela Sever	Single mixed relay	47:13.8	2+19	9
Ela Sever Ajda Špitalar Jaka Pilar Nejc Einhauer	Mixed relay	1:31:35.8	14+19	16

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender). ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lovrenc Karničar	7.5 km classical	—	21:56.0	39
	Sprint freestyle	3:12.74	28 Q	3:08.16	4	Did not advance
Tine Šporn	7.5 km classical	—	21:05.8	26
	Sprint freestyle	3:22.67	44	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ula Kuhar	7.5 km classical	—	23:33.0	20
	Sprint freestyle	3:43.58	23 Q	3:46.03	6	Did not advance
Zala Zupan	7.5 km classical	—	25:15.5	36
	Sprint freestyle	3:50.31	32	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ula Kuhar Tine Šporn Zala Zupan Lovrenc Karničar	Mixed relay	58:40.0	15

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified a mixed doubles pair for a total of two athletes (one per gender). ^{[5] [6]}

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pavla Kavčič Maks Omerzel	Mixed doubles	Ukraine W 11–5	Sweden L 4–15	Qatar W 12–4	Norway L 4–14	United States L 0–12	4	Did not advance			16

Mixed doubles

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles

Group B	W	L	W–L	DSC
United States	5	0	–	61.18
Sweden	4	1	–	78.69
Norway	3	2	–	34.37
Slovenia	2	3	–	112.84
Ukraine	1	4	–	74.81
Qatar	0	5	–	155.39

Round robin

Draw 3

Saturday, January 27, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel)	1	0	4	0	3	2	1	X	11
Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk)	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 7

Sunday, January 28, 18:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)	0	4	0	4	2	2	3	X	15
Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel)	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	X	4

Draw 10

Monday, January 29, 18:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Qatar (Al-Fahad / Alnaimi)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	4
Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel)	3	0	4	1	0	1	3	X	12

Draw 12

Tuesday, January 30, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel)	0	3	0	0	1	0	X	X	4
Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg)	4	0	3	2	0	5	X	X	14

Draw 14

Wednesday, January 31, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Wendling / Paral)	1	2	3	1	2	3	X	X	12
Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified one male luger. ^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miha Vozelj	Singles	48.863	19	47.794	15	1:36.657	18

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
		Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Aljaž Janhar	Men's normal hill/6 km	94.0	97.7	19	+2:53	17:32.9	24
Lovro Percl Seručnik		91.0	94.8	20	+3:05	17:07.4	21
Tia Malovrh	Women's normal hill/4 km	100.0	118.0	4	+1:01	11:14.0
Teja Pavec		100.0	128.6	2	+0:19	10:49.9

Team

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Tia Malovrh Lovro Percl Seručnik Aljaž Janhar Teja Pavec	Mixed team	402.7	6	+0:46	34:23.6

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dina Špan	500 m	47.449	3	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:42.319	3	Did not advance
	1500 m	—	2:48.096	5	Did not advance

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender). ^[8]

Individual

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Enej Faletič	Men's normal hill	96.0	98.0	9	102.0	103.0	4	201.0	8
Urban Šimnic		100.0	100.6	7	95.0	87.9	13	188.5	12
Taja Bodlaj	Women's normal hill	107.0	110.5	1	100.5	105.2	2	215.7
Ajda Košnjek		91.0	80.0	11	99.0	98.4	6	178.4	7

Team

Athlete	Event	First round				Final				Total
		Distance	Points	Team points	Rank	Distance	Points	Team points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ajda Košnjek Urban Šimnic Taja Bodlaj Enej Faletič	Mixed team	103.0 101.5 100.5 102.0	107.3 108.4 107.4 113.9	437.0	1	98.5 106.0 106.5 100.0	108.5 122.0 114.9 111.3	456.7	1	893.7

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Aljaž Sladič	Men's slopestyle	16.25	11.50	16.25	22	Did not advance
	Men's big air	51.00	45.00	51.00	15	Did not advance
	Men's halfpipe	25.00	29.25	29.25	16	Did not advance

See also

• Slovenia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

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2. "NOC Entries: Team Slovenia". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 21 January 2024.
3. "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
4. "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
5. "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
6. Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
7. "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Men´s Singles World Cup referring D.1" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation (FIL). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
8. "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.