Leona Popović

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Leona Popović Alpine skiing
Leona Popović
Leona Popović (2017)
nation CroatiaCroatia Croatia
birthday 13th November 1997 (age 22)
place of birth Rijeka , Croatia
Career
discipline Giant slalom , slalom , combination
society SK Rijeka
status active
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut 4th January 2015
 Overall World Cup 92nd ( 2016/17 )
 Slalom World Cup 48th ( 2019/20 )
 Combination World Cup 23. (2016/17)
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
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

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

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