Mateja Kralj
Mateja Kralj 
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 Slovenia
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| birthday | August 16, 1985 | ||||
| place of birth | Kranj, Yugoslavia | ||||
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| discipline | Single seater | ||||
| society | SAK Podljubelj | ||||
| National squad | since 2000 | ||||
| status | resigned | ||||
| End of career | 2004 | ||||
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Mateja Kralj (born August 16, 1985 in Kranj ) is a former Slovenian natural track tobogganist . She took part in international competitions from 2001 to 2004.
Career
Mateja Kralj made her debut in January 2001 at the European Junior Championships in Tiers , where she was 15th of 19 women toboggan. Her result was better at the Junior World Championship in Gsies in 2002 , where she came in tenth. She narrowly missed further top 10 results with eleventh place at the 2003 Junior European Championship in Kreuth and twelfth place at the 2004 Junior World Championship in Kindberg . In 2002 she competed in the general class for the first time at the 2002 European Championships in Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud and came 16th out of 20 started tobogganers. In 2003, she achieved her best result when she finished 14th at her home world championship in Železniki . At her last major event, the 2004 European Championship in Hüttau , she was 19.
The then 16-year-old competed in her first World Cup race on January 27, 2002 in Železniki, where she came in 13th immediately ahead of her teammate Živa Janc and was 21st in the overall World Cup for the 2001/2002 season. For the next two years, Mateja Kralj was the only Slovenian in the World Cup. In the 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 seasons she took part in four of the six World Cup races, always achieved placings between 13th and 15th place and thus remained without a top result. In the overall World Cup she came in 13th and 15th respectively. In 2004 Mateja Kralj ended her career at the age of only 18.
Sporting successes
World championships
- Železniki 2003 : 14th singles
European championships
- Frantschach 2002 : 16th single-seater
- Hüttau 2004 : 19th single-seater
Junior World Championships
- Casies 2002 : 10th single seater
- Kindberg 2004 : 12th single seater
Junior European Championships
- Tiers 2001 : 15th single seater
- Kreuth 2003 : 11th single seater
World cup
- Twice among the best 15 in the overall World Cup
- Nine top 15 placements in world cup races
Web links
- Mateja Kralj in the database of the International Luge Federation
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| SURNAME | Kralj, Mateja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian natural track tobogganist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kranj , Yugoslavia (today: Slovenia ) |