Janica Kostelić

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Janica Kostelić Alpine skiing
Janica Kostelić in Maribor 2001
Janica Kostelić in Maribor 2001
nation CroatiaCroatia Croatia
birthday 5th January 1982 (age 38)
place of birth Zagreb
size 175 cm
Weight 76 kg
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom ,
slalom , combination
society SK Zagreb
status resigned
End of career April 19, 2007
Medal table
Olympic games 4 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships 5 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Junior World Championship 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold Salt Lake City 2002 slalom
gold Salt Lake City 2002 Giant slalom
gold Salt Lake City 2002 combination
silver Salt Lake City 2002 Super G
gold Turin 2006 combination
silver Turin 2006 Super G
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
gold St. Moritz 2003 slalom
gold St. Moritz 2003 combination
gold Santa Caterina 2005 Departure
gold Santa Caterina 2005 slalom
gold Santa Caterina 2005 combination
FIS Alpine Ski Junior World Championships
silver Megève 1998 combination
bronze Megève 1998 Super G
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut January 23, 1998
 Individual world cup victories 30th
 Overall World Cup 1. ( 2000/01 , 2002/03 ,
2005/06 )
 Downhill World Cup 4. ( 2004/05 , 2005/06)
 Super G World Cup 5th (2005/06)
 Giant Slalom World Cup 3rd (2002/03, 2005/06)
 Slalom World Cup 1. (2000/01, 2002/03,
2005/06)
 Combination World Cup 1. (2000/01, 2002/03,
2004/05, 2005/06)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Departure 1 2 1
 Super G 1 1 0
 Giant slalom 2 3 2
 slalom 20th 9 6th
 combination 6th 1 0
 
Ante Kostelić.jpg
Ivica Kostelic (2010) .jpg


Ante Kostelić and Ivica Kostelić

Janica Kostelić [ ˈjanitsa ˈkɔstɛlitɕ ] (born January 5, 1982 in Zagreb ) is a former Croatian ski racer . She won the overall World Cup three times , five world championship titles and, with four gold and two silver medals, is the most successful female alpine skier in Olympic history . In addition, she was one of only seven runners to achieve World Cup victories in all disciplines . Her brother Ivica Kostelić is also a former successful ski racer. Both were trained by their father, Ante .

biography

Kostelić is the first Croatian female athlete to ever win medals at the Winter Olympics. At the same time, she is the only female ski racer to date to have won four gold medals at the Olympic Games. She achieved her first victory in an important international race in 1997 at the Trofeo Topolino . Physical setbacks followed. In the 2000/01 season she had a bad crash in downhill training in St. Moritz , so that a continuation of her career had to be doubted. After being incapacitated for much of 2001 with a knee injury, she made her comeback in the 2001/02 season . At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Kostelić won three gold medals in giant slalom , slalom and combined as well as a silver medal in super-G , with that combined on February 21 in chronological order being the first ever winter medal for Croatia . At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , she was able to continue her successful career with a gold medal in the combination and another silver medal in the Super-G; in the downhill as well as in the giant slalom she did not start.

At the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz , she won the combined world championship for the first time, and a gold medal in slalom followed a few days later. At the beginning of 2004 Kostelić had to withdraw temporarily from the sport due to another knee injury, but got back into the World Cup the following winter. At the 2005 World Championships in Bormio she was again world champion in combination and slalom and also won the World Cup downhill for the first time. She had to skip the giant slalom and Super-G because of a bad cold, which made her world champion in Bormio in every discipline in which she started.

Janica Kostelić was able to win 30 world cup races, including 20 slaloms, two giant slaloms, one downhill, one super G, two super combinations and four combination scores. Along with Petra Kronberger , Pernilla Wiberg , Anja Pärson , Lindsey Vonn , Tina Maze and Mikaela Shiffrin, she is one of the seven ski racers who were able to win in all disciplines of the Ski World Cup. In 2001, 2003 and 2006 she won the overall World Cup , as well as the discipline World Cups in slalom and in combination. In 2005, after a dramatic final, she was only three points behind Anja Pärson, second in the overall World Cup.

Kostelić was able to win all disciplines within one season in the 2005/06 season. Before that, only Petra Kronberger had succeeded in the 1990/91 season. In addition, she won the overall World Cup and the Slalom World Cup for the third time. In total, she reached World Cup points in 1970, which has only been exceeded in the women's category by Lindsey Vonn in the 2011/12 season , Tina Maze 2012/13 and Mikaela Shiffrin 2018/19.

Janica Kostelić and Maria Höfl-Riesch are so far the only skiers who have been able to defend their Olympic gold medal in the alpine combination. Since the Turin Winter Games in 2006, Kostelić has also been the most successful alpine ski racer at the Olympic Games.

Janica Kostelić is very popular in her homeland. Her successes are unique for Croatian skiing. The TV broadcaster Eurosport named her World Sportswoman of the Year 2005. She also received the Laureus World Sports Award for the best female athlete of 2006. She was voted Croatia's Sportswoman of the Year eight times, in 2001 she was awarded the Skieur d'Or by the International Association of Ski Journalists (AIJS) and in 2002 she was elected Europe's Sportswoman of the Year by the Association of European Sports Journalists .

Due to the success of Janica and Ivica Kostelić , skiing in Croatia gained more attention. The Slalom World Cup in Zagreb , the so-called Snow Queen Trophy , was also included in the FIS World Cup calendar .

Her father Ante Kostelić , who was also her trainer, used to be a well-known handball player . Her older brother Ivica is also a ski racer and was slalom world champion in 2003 and the first Croatian overall World Cup winner in the 2010/11 season .

On April 19, 2007, Janica Kostelić announced her retirement from alpine skiing at the age of only 25. After that she was often to be found in the men's World Cup to support her brother in the finish area. As a trademark she always wears ski goggles and colorful hats in the audience .

successes

Olympic games

  • Nagano 1998 : 8th combination, 24th giant slalom, 25th downhill, 26th super-G
  • Salt Lake City 2002 : 1st slalom, 1st giant slalom, 1st combination, 2nd Super-G
  • Turin 2006 : 1st combination, 2nd Super-G, 4th slalom

World championships

World Cup ratings

Kostelić has won the overall World Cup three times (2001, 2003, 2006). There are also seven victories in discipline ratings (slalom: 2001, 2003, 2006, combination: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006).

season total Departure Super G Giant slalom slalom combination
space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points
1998/99 11. 667 49. 3 26th 65 10. 243 11. 206 2. 150
1999/00 22nd 420 39. 36 28. 56 28. 78 10. 250 - -
2000/01 1. 1256 50. 4th 18th 124 9. 204 1. 824 1. 100
2001/02 14th 506 41. 15th 19th 72 25th 87 11. 252 4th 80
2002/03 1. 1570 11. 136 7th 281 3. 343 1. 710 1. 100
2003/04 No results due to injury
2004/05 2. 1356 4th 387 7th 257 11. 212 2. 400 1. 100
2005/06 1. 1970 4th 300 5. 266 3. 464 1. 740 1. 200
2006/07 paused

World Cup victories

Kostelić has won a total of 30 world cup races (1 × downhill, 1 × super-G, 2 × giant slalom, 20 × slalom, 4 × combination, 2 × super-combination) and a total of 55 podium places (30 × first, 16 × second, 9 × Third) achieved. She achieved eight slalom race victories in a row - and she has placed 89 times in the top ten and 126 times in the points (top 30).

Departure
date place country
January 14, 2006 Bad Kleinkirchheim Austria

Super G

date place country
January 15, 2006 Bad Kleinkirchheim Austria

Giant slalom

date place country
December 21, 2005 Špindlerův Mlýn Czech Republic
March 18, 2006 Are Sweden

combination

date place country
January 17, 1999 St. Anton am Arlberg Austria
January 14, 2001 Flachau Austria
December 22, 2002 Lenzerheide Switzerland
February 27, 2005 San Sicario Italy

Super combination

date place country
January 22, 2006 St. Moritz Switzerland
March 4, 2006 Hafjell Norway
slalom
date place country
5th December 1999 Serre Chevalier France
December 12, 1999 Sestriere Italy
November 18, 2000 Park City United States
November 25, 2000 Aspen United States
December 10, 2000 Sestriere Italy
December 20, 2000 Sestriere Italy
December 28, 2000 Semmering Austria
January 14, 2001 Flachau Austria
January 26, 2001 Often swing Germany
February 18, 2001 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
March 10, 2002 Altenmarkt Austria
November 23, 2002 Aspen United States
December 22, 2002 Lenzerheide Switzerland
December 29, 2002 Semmering Austria
January 5, 2003 Bormio Italy
March 8, 2003 Are Sweden
November 27, 2004 Aspen United States
February 5, 2006 Often swing Germany
March 10, 2006 Levi Finland
March 17, 2006 Are Sweden

Junior World Championships

  • Megève 1998 : 2nd combination, 3rd Super-G, 6th downhill, 7th giant slalom, 12th slalom

More Achievements

  • 9 victories in FIS races (4 × slalom, 2 × giant slalom, 2 × Super-G, 1 × downhill)
  • 1 win in the Nor-Am Cup (Slalom in Winter Park 2002)

Awards

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Kostelić, Janica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th January 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Zagreb