Andreja Mali
Andreja Mali ( born November 17, 1977 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian biathlete and cross-country skier former.
Andreja Mali from TSK Jub Dob Prii Ljubljani operates since 2000 and since then Biathlon is also part of the Slovenian national team. The instructor in the military from Kamnik debuted in 2001 at a sprint ( 49 ) in the Biathlon World Cup. In her first season, she was able to reach first the points in any race, but was the highlight of the season for Slovenian squad of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Here they achieved their best so far rankings in individual races in Sprint ( 27 ) and tracking ( 32 ). In the next season, she belonged to the advanced world class and could reach several first-class results. So she was in Pokljuka Sprint Eighth, as in Oslo at Holmenkollen. My best result was reached in fourth with a mass start race in Antholz.
Since 2003, Mali took part in multiple Biathlon World Championships. Especially well it ran at the Biathlon World Championships 2004 in Oberhof, where she was 14th in singles and 18th in the mass start. Also quite well ran the Biathlon World Championships 2007 in Antholz. Here she was 16 in the pursuit and fourth in the women's relay. In 2006, she again took part in the Olympic Games. In individual she was 21, with the Sixth Season. In 2010 started Andreja Mali at the Winter Olympics. In Vancouver, her best result was the 19th place in the individual. With the season she was ranked eighth In the Biathlon World Championships 2012 in Ruhpolding, she won with the Slovenian mixed relay silver medal.
Originally Mali comes from cross-country skiing. Here she contested since 1995 ( 52nd place with a 5 - kilometer race in Davos ) World Cup races. Particularly successful it is as a sprinter. In Milan she came first time in 1997 at a sprint World Cup in fifth place among the top 10 In December 1998, she ran in the sprint race three times on the podium in Milan and Kitzbühel she finished second. Even after her move to the biathletes start Mali sporadically continue in Cross Country World Cup. So they started, for example, at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City in the sprint and finished seventh. At the World Championships she took in 1997 in Trondheim, 1999 in Ramsau, 2001 in Lahti and 2003 in Val di Fiemme - last only in the sprint - without greater success in part.
Biathlon World Cup rankings
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).
Cross Country World Cup rankings
(As of February 11, 2007 )