Snow Queen Trophy
Sljeme | |
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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
List of winners 2005–2020
Surname | Winner | Second | third | |
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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
2008–2020 winners list
Surname | winner | Second | Third | |
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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)