Boris Strel

Boris Strel
nation	Yugoslavia
birthday	October 20, 1959
place of birth	Škofja Loka ,  Yugoslavia
date of death	March 28, 2013
Career
discipline	Giant slalom , slalom , combination
End of career	1985
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × JEM medals 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Alpine World Ski Championships bronze Schladming 1982 Giant slalom  Alpine Junior European Ski Championships gold Kranjska Gora 1977 Giant slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual world cup victories 01  Overall World Cup 21st ( 1980/81 )  Giant Slalom World Cup 08. ( 1979/80 )  Slalom World Cup 33. ( 1978/79 )  Combination World Cup 12. ( 1980/81 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Giant slalom 1 1 0

Boris Strel (born October 20, 1959 in Škofja Loka ; † March 28, 2013 ibid) was a Yugoslav ski racer of Slovene origin.

His greatest success was winning the giant slalom bronze medal at the 1982 World Ski Championships in Schladming , behind Steve Mahre and Ingemar Stenmark , which meant Yugoslavia won the first medal at an Alpine World Ski Championships. He improved from 7th place after the first round to third place. In 1980 he was eighth in the giant slalom at the Olympic Games in Lake Placid , four years later in Sarajevo fifth in the same discipline. At the beginning of his career he won the gold medal in giant slalom at the Junior European Championships in 1977 in Kranjska Gora .

In the Ski World Cup , Strel won a giant slalom on December 15, 1981 in Cortina d'Ampezzo . He reached another podium on January 26, 1981 in the giant slalom in Adelboden . In addition, there are 21 further placements among the top ten.

Web links

• Boris Strel in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Boris Strel in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Boris Strel in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Umrl depending Boris norgestrel ; Article on Delo.si of March 28, 2013.
2. ↑ Arbeiter-Zeitung of February 4, 1982, page 10