Snow Queen Trophy

Sljeme
Place:	Zagreb , Croatia
Mountain:	Medvednica
slalom
Begin:	978 meters
Target:	768 meters
Height difference:	210 meters

The Snow Queen Trophy (Croatian Snježna kraljica ) is a ski race held near the Croatian capital Zagreb . This women's slalom, part of the Alpine Ski World Cup, took place for the first time in January 2005 . Since 2008 there has also been an annual men's World Cup slalom on the same ski slope, which is held a few days after the women's one.

The venue for the Snow Queen Trophy is the winter sports area on the Medvednica mountain range (German: "Bear Mountain"), below the 1,032 meter high Sljeme peak . The original name of the race was Golden Bear (Croatian zlatni medvjed ). After the resignation of the four-time Olympic champion Janica Kostelić , who was born in Zagreb , the event was renamed the Snow Queen Trophy in her honor . The men's slaloms also have this name. The winners will be a crown of crystal crowned, in which the names of winners are engraved. The prize money for the winner is 60,000 euros , with a total of 135,000 euros each. This makes the Snow Queen Trophy the highest endowed World Cup race for women. For the men there are only higher prizes at the Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel .

The slaloms on Sljeme are partly carried out under floodlights and attract between 15,000 and 20,000 spectators every year. In 2014 and 2016 no races could be held due to lack of snow. The record winner (including the 2019 races) for the women is the Austrian Marlies Schild , who achieved 4 wins, a 2nd place and a 3rd place. The closest to her is the American Mikaela Shiffrin with 4 wins and a 2nd place. In the men's category, the Austrian Marcel Hirscher celebrated 5 wins (no further podium finishes), followed by the Swede André Myhrer and the Italian Manfred Mölgg , who each achieved one victory and a second place.

Ladies

Podium placements

date	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
01/20/2005	Tanja Poutiainen	Kristina Koznick	Marlies shield
05/01/2006	Marlies shield	Kathrin Zettel	Janica Kostelić
04/01/2007	Marlies shield	Ana Jelušić	Šárka Záhrobská
02/15/2008	Tanja Poutiainen	Marlies shield	Veronika Zuzulová
04/01/2009	Maria Riesch	Nicole Gius	Šárka Záhrobská
03/01/2010	Sandrine Aubert	Kathrin Zettel	Susanne Riesch
04/01/2011	Marlies shield	Maria Riesch	Manuela Mölgg
03/01/2012	Marlies shield	Tina Maze	Michaela Kirchgasser
04/01/2013	Mikaela Shiffrin	Frida Hansdotter	Erin Mielzynski
04/01/2015	Mikaela Shiffrin	Kathrin Zettel	Nina Løseth
03/01/2017	Veronika Zuzulová	Petra Vlhová	Šárka Záhrobská
03/01/2018	Mikaela Shiffrin	Wendy Holdener	Frida Hansdotter
05/01/2019	Mikaela Shiffrin	Petra Vlhová	Wendy Holdener
04/01/2020	Petra Vlhová	Mikaela Shiffrin	Katharina Liensberger

List of winners 2005–2020

	Surname	Winner	Second	third
1	Marlies shield	4th	1	1
2	Mikaela Shiffrin	4th	1	0
3	Tanja Poutiainen	2	0	0
4th	Petra Vlhová	1	2	0
5	Maria Riesch	1	1	0
6th	Veronika Zuzulová	1	0	1
7th	Sandrine Aubert	1	0	0

Men's

Podium placements

date	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
02/17/2008	Mario Matt	Ivica Kostelić	Reinfried Herbst
01/06/2009	Jean-Baptiste Grange	Ivica Kostelić	Giuliano Razzoli
01/06/2010	Giuliano Razzoli	Manfred Mölgg	Julien Lizeroux
01/06/2011	André Myhrer	Ivica Kostelić	Mattias Hargin
05/01/2012	Marcel Hirscher	Felix Neureuther	Ivica Kostelić
01/06/2013	Marcel Hirscher	André Myhrer	Mario Matt
01/06/2015	Marcel Hirscher	Felix Neureuther	Sebastian Foss Solevåg
05/01/2017	Manfred Mölgg	Felix Neureuther	Henrik Kristoffersen
04/01/2018	Marcel Hirscher	Michael Matt	Henrik Kristoffersen
01/06/2019	Marcel Hirscher	Alexis Pinturault	Manuel Feller
05/01/2020	Clément Noël	Ramon Zen houses	Alex Vinatzer

2008–2020 winners list

	Surname	winner	Second	Third
1	Marcel Hirscher	5	0	0
2	Manfred Mölgg	1	1	0
2	André Myhrer	1	1	0
4th	Mario Matt	1	0	1
4th	Giuliano Razzoli	1	0	1
6th	Jean-Baptiste Grange	1	0	0
6th	Clément Noël	1	0	0

Web links

• Snow Queen Trophy (English, Croatian)
• Results on fis-ski.com (English)