Å pela Pretnar

Špela Pretnar ( born March 5, 1973 in Bled) is a former Slovenian alpine skier. It belonged in the 1990s to the most successful athletes in the disciplines of slalom and giant slalom, Super-G also realized they have a podium. She celebrated her biggest success in the 1999/2000 season by winning the slalom World Cup.

Career

Pretnar celebrated their first international success at the Junior World Championship in 1992 in Maribor with the silver medal in the giant slalom and the bronze medal in the combination. In the same year she also went for the first time in the World Cup at the start and reached the Giant Slalom in Morzine as 17 their first World Cup points. In the following season 1992/93 she could place already in the top ten and reached at the 1993 World Championships in Morioka sixth place in the giant slalom and seventh place in the Super -G. The following year, she participated in the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and was eleventh in the slalom and giant slalom in the Twelfth.

The 1994/95 season was one of their most successful. She won her first World Cup race, the giant slalom in Bormio on 18 March 1995 and drove a further three times on the podium ( third in the Super G in Flachau, second in the giant slalom in Maribor and third in the giant slalom in Cortina d' Ampezzo ). Thus they finished third in the giant slalom World Cup and seventh in the World Cup. The following season, they had to stop due to an injury, then they could not immediately catch up with the world leaders.

In the 1997/98 season they reached with two third places their first podium in slalom. At the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano in 1998 she retired from both the slalom and giant slalom. A year later, on 23 February 1999, she won her first World Cup slalom in Åre and finished at the end of the season ranked seventh in the slalom World Cup. In the 1999 World Cup in Vail, it was in the giant slalom and eighth in the slalom different from. The next season 1999/2000 was their most successful: She won four slalom races, achieved two podiums and thus secured the winning the slalom discipline standings ahead of Christel Pascal. For this performance she was awarded the Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year.

The following season she struggled with many failures, including in the 2001 World Championships in St. Anton where they do not finish the race in slalom and giant slalom. After that, she could only rarely in the World Cup in the top ten place. Also at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz they could not compete with the top runners or retired.

After the 2002/ 03 season, she announced her resignation from ski racing. In March 2004, she once again took part in the Slovenian championships and was eighth in the slalom.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Lillehammer 1994: 11 Slalom, Giant Slalom 12 23 Departure
  • Salt Lake City 2002 20 Slalom, Giant Slalom 20

World Championships

  • Morioka 1993: 6 Giant Slalom, Super-G, 7, 22 Slalom
  • Sestriere 1997: 11 Giant Slalom, Slalom 12
  • Vail 1999: 8 Giant Slalom

Junior World Championships

  • Geilo / Hemsedal 1991: 9 Downhill, Slalom 16
  • Maribor 1992: 2 Giant Slalom, 3 combination, 6 Super -G, Slalom 11 17 Departure

World Cup

  • Season 1994/1995: 7th overall, 3rd giant slalom standings, 6 combined score
  • 1998/1999 season: 7 slalom rating
  • 1999/2000 season: 7th overall, 1st slalom rating
  • 13 podiums, including 6 victories:

European Cup

  • From 1994/95: 4 podiums, including 1 win ( giant slalom in Rogla 1999)

Other successes

  • 8 Slovenian championship: 6x giant slalom (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 1999)
  • 1x Slalom (1999)
  • 1x Combination ( 1993)

Awards

  • Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year 2000
Slalom skiing Alpine skiing combined World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993 Morioka, Iwate Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics 1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics Nagano, Nagano 1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999 Vail (Colorado) Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year 2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001 Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997 Italy Berchtesgaden Santa Caterina di Valfurva Nor-Am Cup
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