Tanja Žakelj

Tanja Žakelj at the 2012 Olympic Games

Tanja Žakelj (born September 15, 1988 in Kranj , then Yugoslavia ) is a Slovenian cross-country mountain biker . She has won several world (2006, 2008) and European (2006, 2013) titles.

Career

In 2012 she started at the Summer Olympics and finished 10th.
Tanja Žakelj was the overall winner of the World Cup and European Champion in 2014.

Sporting successes (selection)

Olympic games:

• Olympic Summer Games 2012 : 10th place

World Championships:

• 1st place, juniors, Rotoura 2006
• 1st place, U23, Val di Sole 2008
• 3rd place, juniors, Livigno 2005
• 4th place, Hafjell 2014
• 4th place, U23, Mont St. Anne 2010
• 5th place, Pietermaritzburg 2013

European Championships:

• 1st place, Bern 2013
• 1st place, St. Wendel 2014
• 1st place, juniors, Chies D'Alpago 2006
• 2nd place, U23, St. Wendel 2008
• 3rd place, U23, Haifa 2010
• 3rd place, Dohnany 2011

World Cup:

• 1st place, Val di Sole 2013
• 1st place, Nove Mesto 2013
• 1st place, U23, Windham 2010
• 2nd place, Windham 2014
• 2nd place, U23, Houffalize 2010
• 3rd place, Mont Sainte Anne 2013
• 4th place, Albstadt 2014
• 4th place, Albstadt 2013
• 5th place, Cairns 2014
• 5th place, Andorra 2013
• 6th place, Mont St. Anne 2014
• 6th place, Hofjell 2013
• 9th place, Offenburg 2011
• 9th place, Mont St. Anne 2011
• 10th place, Windham 2010

• Overall winner of the 2013 World Cup

Web links

• Tanja Žakelj in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Tanja Žakelj in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )