Marko Dolenc

Marko Dolenc (born September 27, 1972 in Ljubljana ) is a former Slovenian biathlete .

Marko Dolenc first competed in the Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka in 1993 . In the sprint race, he finished 98th. His second World Cup appearance was only five years later in the same place, where he was 93rd in a sprint. Also in 1998 he competed for the first time at the World Championships in summer biathlon and finished 18th in the sprint as the best place. In the 1998/99 season Dolenc only started in the European Cup. Here he reached a third place with the relay in Friedenweiler , which was his best placement. At the beginning of the next season , the Slovenian made his international breakthrough. In the first World Cup race of the season in Hochfilzen , an individual, he finished 22nd and collected World Cup points for the first time. At Holmenkollen in Oslo , he took part in the biathlon world championships for the first time in 2000 . The best place was a 31st place in the sprint. In the following season he achieved his first result in the top ten in a sprint in Antholz in seventh place. A year later he had another very good World Cup weekend in the same place. In the individual he was third, in the pursuit eleventh and with Janez Ožbolt , Tomas Globočnik and Aleksander Grajf in the relay competition third. It was the last pre-Olympic competition. In Salt Lake City , Dolenc started at his only Olympic Games. The best place was a 13th place in the individual.

In the post-Olympic season he achieved his best World Cup placement with a third place in the Östersund singles . At the following European Championships in Forni Avoltri , he was third with the relay. Then he started at the World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk . Here he achieved the best placement, a fifth place, with the relay. In the pursuit he was ninth after a 37th place in the sprint. In the summer of the year Dolenc started for the first time in the world championships in summer biathlon . In Forni Avoltri, he won the bronze medal in the sprint and was fifth in the pursuit. The following season the Slovenian achieved his last result in the top ten in Pokljuka, finishing ninth in the sprint. In 2002/03 and 2003/04 he achieved his best placings in the overall World Cup with 25th places. He competed in his last international races until 2004.

Biathlon World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

• 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place	1					1
Top 10	2	4th	2			8th
Scoring	9	19th	19th	8th		55
Starts	18th	46	37	8th		109

Web links

• Marko Dolenc in the IBU database (English)