Andreja Koblar

Andreja Koblar, during their active career primarily as Andreja Grašić known ( born September 2, 1971 in Kranj ) is a former Slovenian biathlete.

Andreja Koblar, who now lives in Krize, began in 1993 with the sport of biathlon and has since belonged also the national team of their country. Already in the same year she made her debut in the Biathlon World Cup in the season opener in Bad Gastein, where they immediately took 24th place in a single. A year later, again in Bad Gastein, she came in seventh in a sprint for the first time in the top ten. Your outstanding results they could produce on individual routes. Here she won three times ( 1995/96 in Osrblie, 1996/97 in Nozawa Onsen and 1997/98 in Östersund ) World Cup races. A total of nine times - in addition to seven times in a single twice in sprints - she could Walk places on the podium. In 1996, she joined the World Cup season off on a fourth overall, 1998, she was sixth, eighth in 1996.

Between 1995 and 2005 Koblar participated in nine World Championships. Your best results were a sixth place in the 1995 Sprint in Antholz, a fourth place in 1999 at the Holmenkollen in the mass start and a seventh place at their home 2001 World Championships in the individual Pokljuka. At the Olympic Games, she took in 1998 in Nagano, 2002 Salt Lake City and Turin 2006 part. In 1998, she launched into individual ( 44 ) and Sprint ( 18 ), a successful 2002 single ( 5 ) and Sprint ( 12 ) and in the Season ( 9 ). In 2006, she reached in her specialist discipline the individual, although only a 56 rank, but in the sprint a tenth and an eighth in the pursuit, and with the season sixth place.

Since she could no longer qualify for the World Cup team for the 2006/07 season, finished her career with was 35 years. At the World Cup races in her home on 17 January 2007, she was again admitted as a thank you for their services to the Slovenian biathlon a start, with which she was able to say goodbye to their fans. She began the race with a Slovenian flag in his hand, which she kept her entire race in hand, but it ended after the first shooting.

Koblar is married to the alpine skiers Jernej Koblar and works as a trainer in the Slovenian Army. Before the beginning of her career she was ski cross racer. Your career start was quite difficult because she was the only woman in the national team at the beginning of her career.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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Credentials

  • Biathlete (Slovenia )
  • European Champion ( Biathlon )
  • Olympian (Slovenia )
  • Born in 1971
  • Woman
Biathlon World Championships 1995 Biathlon World Championships 1999 Biathlon World Championships 2001 Nagano, Nagano
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