Marko Vukićević

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Marko Vukićević Alpine skiing
nation SerbiaSerbia Serbia
birthday 27th October 1992 (age 27)
place of birth Ljubljana ,  Slovenia
size 185 cm
Weight 91 kg
Career
discipline Downhill , super-G , giant
slalom , slalom , combination
society BSK
status active
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut 15th January 2016
last change: February 9, 2019

Marko Vukićević ( Cyrillic Марко Вукићевић; born October 27, 1992 in Ljubljana , Slovenia ) is a Slovenian- Serbian ski racer . The multiple Serbian champion has taken part in the Olympic Games and World Championships twice and has his strengths in the fast downhill and super-G disciplines .

biography

Marko Vukićević was born to a Serbian mother and a Montenegrin father in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana . He competed for the Slovenian Association until 2012, before he decided to change nations for sporting reasons.

Vukićević competed in his first FIS races at the age of 15 . He had other international appearances at the Slovenian State Championships in 2008. He made his European Cup debut in January 2011 in the Super-G of Méribel , but it took a few years to place in the points for the first time. He achieved this for the first time with 24th place in the downhill from Sarntal in February 2017. At his only Junior World Championship in Roccaraso , he was eliminated in both fast disciplines.

In February 2013, he started a world championship in Schladming for the first time , but could not finish both giant slalom and slalom. At the end of the season he was crowned Serbian giant slalom champion for the first time in the Balkan Mountains . At the Olympic Games in Sochi he was 48th in the Super-G, in the technical disciplines he was eliminated again. On January 15, 2016, Vukićević made his World Cup debut in the combination of Wengen . At the 2017 Universiade in Almaty , finishing fourth in the Super-G, he barely missed his first international medal. As part of the World Championship in St. Moritz , he was able to classify himself in two disciplines for the first time in a major event. In combination and downhill he finished 36th and 40th. In preparation for the Olympic winter, he won the overall ranking of the South American Cup with three races in Chile , in which he has been competing regularly since 2015. At the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang , he competed in all five disciplines. With rank 25 he achieved his best result in the combination, in downhill and giant slalom he was ranked 41, in Super-G and slalom he was eliminated.

successes

Olympic games

World championships

South American Cup

  • Season 2016: 8th combined ranking
  • 2017 season : 1st overall ranking, 1st downhill ranking, 2nd combined ranking, 4th Super-G ranking
  • 2018 season : 3rd overall ranking, 3rd downhill ranking, 2nd Super-G ranking
  • 7 podium places, including 3 wins:
date place country discipline
20th September 2017 El Colorado Chile Departure
September 21, 2017 El Colorado Chile Departure
September 21, 2017 El Colorado Chile combination
  1. ↑ The races of the South American Cup are held annually in August and September (southern winter) and are assigned to the coming international season.

More Achievements

  • 6 Serbian championship titles (giant slalom 2013, 2015 and 2017, slalom 2014 and 2016, super-G 2018)
  • 9 victories in FIS races

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Athlete - Marko Vukicevic. WeltSki.de, accessed on December 9, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Ljubljančan, ki bo na olimpijskih igrah nastopil za Srbijo. Siol.net, December 26, 2017, accessed December 9, 2018 (Slovenian).
personal data
SURNAME Vukićević, Marko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Вукићевић, Марко (Cyrillic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Serbian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Ljubljana , Slovenia