Peter Pen
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birthday | June 14, 1973 | ||||||||
place of birth | Maribor | ||||||||
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discipline | Downhill , super-G | ||||||||
status | resigned | ||||||||
End of career | 2004 | ||||||||
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Peter Pen (born June 14, 1973 in Maribor ) is a former Slovenian ski racer . In the downhill and super-G disciplines , he was the most successful skier of the Slovenian Ski Association ahead of Andrej Jerman .
biography
In 1996 Pen made his debut in the World Cup and already won his first World Cup point in his second race - the Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . This was also the first World Cup point in the Super-G of the young Slovenian men's team. As a result, Pen scored especially in the downhill, the best season was 2000/01 . Among other things, he achieved two placings in the top ten this season (6th in Val-d'Isère and 10th in Kvitfjell ) and was 25th in the overall downhill standings Peter Pen ended his career.
Pen was twice a member of the Slovenian Olympic team ( Nagano 1998 and Salt Lake City 2002 ) and took part in two Alpine World Ski Championships ( St. Anton 2001 and St. Moritz 2003 ). He achieved his best placements in the combination as 8th in Nagano and 7th in St. Anton - both times, however, with a large deficit.
Web links
- Peter Pen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Peter Pen in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Peter Pen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Pen, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian ski racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Maribor |