Leona Popović
Leona Popović | |||||||||
Leona Popović (2017) |
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nation | Croatia | ||||||||
birthday | 13th November 1997 (age 22) | ||||||||
place of birth | Rijeka , Croatia | ||||||||
Career | |||||||||
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discipline | Giant slalom , slalom , combination | ||||||||
society | SK Rijeka | ||||||||
status | active | ||||||||
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup | |||||||||
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last change: March 13, 2020 |
Leona Popović (born November 13, 1997 in Rijeka ) is a Croatian ski racer .
biography
Popović completed an FIS race for the first time in January 2014 . She made her debut in the Nor-Am Cup in December 2014 when she was eliminated in the Copper Mountain slalom in round 1. Her first Nor-Am-Cup points collected Popović as 29th in the giant slalom in Aspen in the same month. In her fifth race, also in the same month, she was able to achieve her first podium; she was in the slalom of Panorama 2. In January 2015 she made her world cup debut in the slalom of Zagreb . Popović got her first World Cup points in February 2017 in the combination of Crans-Montana , where she finished 18th.
In 2015 and 2017 Popović took part in the Alpine World Ski Championships. Her best result was a 27th place in the 2015 slalom.
successes
World cup
- 2 placements among the best 20
World Cup ratings
season | total | Giant slalom | slalom | combination | ||||
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space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | |
2016/17 | 92. | 18th | - | - | - | - | 23. | 27 |
2017/18 | 105. | 27 | 44. | 8th | - | - | 33. | 10 |
2019/20 | 117. | 5 | - | - | 48. | 5 | - | - |
World championships
- Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 : 27th slalom, 30th Super-G, 36th downhill, 37th giant slalom
Junior World Championships
- Hafjell 2015 : 8th slalom, 21st combination, 36th Super-G, 42nd descent
- Åre 2017 : 5th combination, 8th slalom, 9th giant slalom, 25th Super-G
- Davos 2018 : 7th giant slalom
Nor-Am Cup
- Season 2014/15 : 6th overall ranking, 3rd combined ranking, 7th giant slalom ranking, 9th Super-G ranking, 9th slalom ranking
- 11 podium places
More Achievements
- European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2015 : 1st slalom
- 6 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Leona Popović in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Leona Popović in the database of Ski-DB (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Popović, Leona |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian ski racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1997 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rijeka , Croatia |