Andrej Šporn
Andrej Šporn 
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 Slovenia
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| birthday | 1st December 1981 (age 38) | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Kranj , SFR Yugoslavia , Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||
| size | 187 cm | ||||||||||||
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| discipline |
Downhill , super G , super combination |
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| society | ASK Kranjska Gora | ||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||
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| last change: February 9, 2013 | |||||||||||||
Andrej Šporn (born December 1, 1981 in Kranj ) is a former Slovenian ski racer . He was mainly active in the downhill and super-G disciplines.
biography
In December 1996, Šporn took part in his first FIS races , and from January 1999 he played in the European Cup . On December 10, 2001, he competed in his first World Cup race, the slalom in Madonna di Campiglio . It took more than three years for him to win World Cup points for the first time on January 4, 2004, finishing 20th in the Flachau slalom . A week later he surprised in Chamonix in sixth place in the combination . At the beginning of the next winter, he reached eighth place in the Beaver Creek slalom .
However, the following two years were marked by numerous failures and non-qualifications for second runs. Šporn made a gradual change from the technical to the fast disciplines, in which he hoped for more success. In the 2005/06 season he reached fifth place in the Hahnenkamm combination of Kitzbühel and sixth place in the super combination of Chamonix. After rather mediocre performance in the following years, he surprised on January 23, 2010 with second place in the Hahnenkamm run in Kitzbühel. Further top 10 results in descents followed.
Šporn participated twice in the Olympic Games and three times in the world championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin he was 15th in Super-G, in 2010 in Vancouver in the same discipline 18th. At the 2005 World Championships in Bormio , he was eliminated in both slalom and combination; at the 2007 World Cup in Åre , he finished 19th in the downhill. After not taking part in the 2009 World Championships, he reached sixth place in the downhill and 20th place in the Super-G at the 2011 World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen .
From 2001 to 2005, Šporn won gold, silver and bronze medals at Winter Universiaden . From 2004 to 2008 he was Slovenian champion five times .
After the 2017/18 season he retired from active ski racing.
successes
Olympic games
- Turin 2006 : 15th Super-G, 30th combination, 31st downhill
- Vancouver 2010 : 18th Super-G, 25th giant slalom
World championships
- Åre 2007 : 19th departure, 44th Super-G
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011 : 6th downhill, 20th super-G
- Schladming 2013 : 11th descent, 31st Super-G
Junior World Championships
- Megève 1998 : 10th departure
- Québec 2000 : 14th Super-G, 14th slalom, 37th giant slalom
- Verbier 2001 : 10th slalom
World cup
- Season 2009/10 : 10th Downhill World Cup
- 5 placements among the top five, including 1 podium
European Cup
- 2002/03 season : 3rd slalom classification
- 5 podium places
More Achievements
- Universiade 2001 in Zakopane : 1st slalom
- Universiade 2003 in Tarvisio : 2nd departure
- Universiade 2005 in Innsbruck : 3rd slalom
- 4 wins in the South American Cup
- 7 victories in FIS races
- 5 Slovenian championship titles :
- 2 × downhill (2004 and 2008)
- 1 × giant slalom (2008)
- 2 × combination (2006 and 2008)
Web links
- Andrej Šporn in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Andrej Šporn in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Andrej Šporn in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Before the start of the 2018/19 Ski World Cup season: resignations and material changes. Accessed November 19, 2018 (German).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Šporn, Andrej |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st December 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kranj |