Špela Pretnar

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Špela Pretnar Alpine skiing
Špela Pretnar in January 2009
nation SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
birthday 5th March 1973 (age 47)
place of birth Bled , Yugoslavia
size 168 cm
Weight 59 kg
Career
discipline Super-G , giant slalom ,
slalom , combination
society SK Bled
status resigned
End of career 2003
Medal table
Junior World Championship 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
FIS Alpine Ski Junior World Championships
silver Maribor 1992 Giant slalom
bronze Maribor 1992 combination
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual world cup victories 6th
 Overall World Cup 7. ( 1994/95 , 1999/2000 )
 Downhill World Cup 35th ( 1993/94 )
 Super G World Cup 15th (1994/95)
 Giant Slalom World Cup 3rd (1994/95)
 Slalom World Cup 1st (1999/2000)
 Combination World Cup 6. (1994/95)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Super G 0 0 1
 Giant slalom 1 1 1
 slalom 5 1 3
 

Špela Pretnar (born March 5, 1973 in Bled ) is a former Slovenian ski racer . During the 1990s she was one of the most successful athletes in the slalom and giant slalom disciplines, and she also achieved a podium finish in the Super-G . She celebrated her greatest success in the 1999/2000 season when she won the Slalom World Cup.

biography

Pretnar celebrated her first international successes at the Junior World Championship in Maribor in 1992 with the silver medal in the giant slalom and the bronze medal in combination. In the same year she also competed in the World Cup for the first time and achieved her first World Cup points in the giant slalom in Morzine in 17th place. In the following season 1992/93 she was able to place in the top ten and reached sixth place in the giant slalom and seventh place in the Super-G at the 1993 World Championships in Morioka . The following year she took part in the Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer and was eleventh in slalom and twelfth in giant slalom.

The 1994/95 season was one of their most successful. She won her first World Cup race, the giant slalom in Bormio on March 18, 1995, and made it onto the podium three more times (third in the Super-G in Flachau , second in the giant slalom in Maribor and third in the giant slalom in Cortina d'Ampezzo ). As a result, she was third in the Giant Slalom World Cup and seventh in the overall World Cup. She had to sit out the following season due to an injury, after which she could not immediately make contact with the world elite.

In the 1997/98 season she reached her first podium finishes in slalom with two third places. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , she was eliminated in both slalom and giant slalom. A year later, on February 23, 1999, she won her first World Cup slalom in Åre and finished seventh in the Slalom World Cup at the end of the season . At the 1999 World Championships in Vail , she was eighth in giant slalom and eliminated in slalom. The next season 1999/2000 was her most successful: she won four slalom races, reached two more podium places and thus secured herself the win of the slalom discipline ranking ahead of Christel Pascal . For this achievement she was awarded the Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year .

In the following season she struggled with many failures, including at the 2001 World Championships in St. Anton , where she did not finish in slalom and giant slalom. After that, she was rarely able to place in the top ten in the World Cup. Even at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz , she could not keep up with the top runners and was eliminated.

After the 2002/03 season , she announced her retirement from ski racing. In March 2004 she took part again in the Slovenian championships and was eighth in the slalom.

After her skiing career, she worked a. a. as a sports reporter for the Slovenian commercial TV station "POP TV" - and currently she is the press officer of the Slovenian Ski Association (such as at the 2019 World Cup in Åre).

successes

Olympic games

World championships

Junior World Championships

World Cup ratings

Špela Pretnar once won the slalom discipline.

season total Departure Super G Giant slalom slalom combination
space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points
1991/92 99 18th - - - - 39. 18th - - - -
1992/93 55. 107 - - 51. 5 25th 54 45. 22nd 15th 26th
1993/94 15th 378 35. 42 27. 38 15th 141 22nd 109 9. 48
1994/95 7th 669 - - 15th 119 3. 352 11. 158 6th 40
1996/97 48. 118 - - - - 18th 96 38. 22nd - -
1997/98 19th 322 - - - - 18th 113 10. 209 - -
1998/99 19th 422 - - - - 13. 169 7th 253 - -
1999/00 7th 714 - - - - 33. 69 1. 645 - -
2000/01 36. 203 - - - - 44. 12 13. 191 - -
2001/02 49. 147 - - - - 43. 21st 18th 126 - -
2002/03 65. 66 - - - - 56. 2 25th 64 - -

World Cup victories

Pretnar achieved 13 podium places, including 6 wins:

date place country discipline
March 18, 1995 Bormio Italy Giant slalom
February 23, 1999 Are Sweden slalom
November 20, 1999 Copper Mountain United States slalom
January 9, 2000 Berchtesgaden Germany slalom
February 12, 2000 Santa Caterina Italy slalom
February 20, 2000 Are Sweden slalom

European Cup

  • from 1994/95: 4 podium places, including 1 victory (giant slalom in Rogla 1999)

More Achievements

  • 8 Slovenian championship titles :
    • 6 × giant slalom (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 1999)
    • 1 × slalom (1999)
    • 1 × combination (1993)
  • 3 slalom victories in the Nor-Am Cup
  • 11 victories in FIS races since 1995 (7 × slalom, 4 × giant slalom)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 24UR - Špela Pretnar - 24ur.com
personal data
SURNAME Pretnar, Špela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH March 5th 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Bled , Yugoslavia (today: Slovenia )