Robert Meglič

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Robert Meglič Ski jumping
nation SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
birthday 4th November 1974
place of birth TržičYugoslaviaYugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia 
Career
society SK Tržič
National squad Since 1993
status resigned
End of career 2002
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
 Debut in the World Cup January 30, 1993
 Overall World Cup 30. ( 1994/95 )
 Ski flying world cup 17. (1996/97)
 Jump World Cup 41st (1995/96)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Team jumping 0 0 1
Ski jumping Grand Prix
 Overall Grand Prix 33rd ( 1998 )
 

Robert Meglič (born November 4, 1974 in Tržič ) is a former Slovenian ski jumper .

Meglič made his debut in the Ski Jumping World Cup on January 30, 1993 . In ski flying on the Kulm he reached the 24th place in the first and 28th place in the second competition. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 in Sweden's Falun he reached the 17th place on the normal hill. On March 27, 1993, at the end of the season in Planica , he stood on the podium for the first time after a 3rd place in team competition. He was also successful in individual jumping with 14th place after he had already finished eleventh in Oslo . At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , he jumped from the large hill to 9th place. On the normal hill he was tied with French Nicolas Dessum in 14th place. He finished the team competition together with Samo Gostiša , Matjaž Zupan and Matjaž Kladnik in 9th place. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1995 in Thunder Bay , Meglič jumped from the normal hill to 19th and from the large hill to 35th place. The World Cup season 1994/95 then he finished in 30th place in the overall World Cup standings. On January 28, 1996 he was able to achieve his best individual result in his career with a 5th place in Zakopane . At the ski flying world championship in 1996 on the Kulm, he finished 18th. On February 8, 1997, he was able to improve his best career result again and achieved 4th place in ski flying on the Kulm. With that he narrowly missed out on the podium. It was also his last individual result in the World Cup among the top ten. His last World Cup competition was on March 20, 1999 in Planica. He then jumped three more years in the Continental Cup without success before ending his active ski jumping career in 2002.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ski Jumping at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's Normal Hill, Individual . www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  2. ^ Slovenia Ski Jumping at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games . www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved May 31, 2009.