Bernard Vajdič
Bernard Vajdič 
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| birthday | 18th September 1980 (age 39) | |||||||||
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| size | 179 cm | |||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg | |||||||||
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| discipline | Slalom , giant slalom | |||||||||
| society | SD Unior Celje | |||||||||
| status | resigned | |||||||||
| End of career | April 2013 | |||||||||
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Bernard Vajdič (born September 18, 1980 in Velenje ) is a former Slovenian ski racer . He specialized in the disciplines of slalom and giant slalom .
biography
In January 1996 Vajdič took part in the FIS races for the first time , and from December 1998 they played in the European Cup . At the Junior World Championships in 2000 , which took place in various locations in the Canadian province of Québec , Vajdič won the silver medal in the giant slalom and in the combination . The following year he was third in the slalom at the Universiade in Zakopane .
Vajdič had his World Cup premiere on October 31, 1999 at the giant slalom in Tignes . Due to a lack of progress, he was almost only used in the European Cup in the following four years. He scored World Cup points for the first time on February 28, 2004 in Kranjska Gora as the 26th of the giant slalom. At the end of winter he won his first of two Slovenian championship titles . In the 2005/06 European Cup season he was fifth in the giant slalom classification. At the 2005 World Cup in Bormio , his best result was 18th place in the combination; at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , he finished 19th in slalom.
In the 2006/07 season Vajdič caught up with the world's best. On December 17, 2007, he achieved his best ever World Cup result, fifth place in the slalom on the Gran Risa in Alta Badia . He equalized this performance on January 25, 2009 at the Hahnenkamm Slalom in Kitzbühel . At the 2007 World Championships in Åre he was 26th in giant slalom and 18th in giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships in Val-d'Isère . In the slalom, he was eliminated in the second round. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , he failed in the first slalom run.
From the 2009/10 season Vajdič fell back significantly in the World Cup. After finishing only three times in the top 20 in 2009/10, he had no countable results in the 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons. After a few races in the winter of 2012/13, he retired from top-class sport.
successes
Olympic games
- Turin 2006 : 19th slalom
World championships
- Bormio 2005 : 18th combination, 22nd giant slalom, 43rd Super-G
- Åre 2007 : 26th giant slalom
- Val-d'Isère 2009 : 18th giant slalom
Junior World Championships
- Megève 1998 : 22nd giant slalom
- Pra Loup 1999 : 8th giant slalom, 38th descent
- Québec 2000 : 2nd giant slalom, 2nd combination, 9th downhill, 10th Super-G, 16th slalom
World cup
- 6 placements among the top ten
European Cup
- Season 2005/06 : 9th overall, the fifth giant slalom rating
- 6 podium places
More Achievements
- 1 win in the Nor-Am Cup (slalom in Panorama on December 15, 2011)
- 2 Slovenian championship titles (combination 2004, slalom 2009)
- Slalom bronze medal at the 2001 Universiade in Zakopane
- 24 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Bernard Vajdič in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Bernard Vajdič in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Bernard Vajdič in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vajdič, Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Velenje |