Urška Rabič

Urška Rabič ( born March 20, 1985 in Mojstrana ) is a former Slovenian alpine skier. Your strongest disciplines were the downhill and super- G and super combined. The six-time champion Slovenian launched from 2004 to 2008 in the World Cup three times and drove it into the top 20 from 2005 to 2007, she also participated in the World Championships and Olympic Games, where she also came in three competitions in the top 20.

Career

For the first time international attention made ​​Rabič 1998 with the victory in the giant slalom at the Whistler Cup. From the 2000/2001 season she participated in FIS races, and two years later her get there first victories. From 2002 to 2005 Rabič participated in the Junior World Championships. However, they saw their nine starts only three times the goal: After a 19th place in the downhill in 2003 she scored 2004 rank seventh in the downhill and 2005 to sixth place in the Super -G. In 2003 Rabič was Slovenian champion in the Downhill, Super -G, and in combination. Over the next three years, she won three more national titles.

Starting February 2003 Rabič also launched in the European Cup. There, she reached from the start several times in the top ten rankings. In December 2004, she was in her Lake Louise World Cup debut. Placements in the points, so in the top 30, but initially remained the exception. This changed in the 2006/2007 season, when they could score increased and at the Reiteralm on 15 December reached their best World Cup results with ranks 12 in the super combination of Tarvisio on March 2 and 18 in the super combined. In the super -G was her best result of 20th place in Tarvisio on March 4 and in the departure of the 24th place in Lake Louise on December 2.

From 2005 Rabič also took part in world championships and Olympic Games. At the 2005 World Championships in Santa Caterina, she was 24th in the downhill and super-G 32. In the team competition, she finished with the Slovenian team in ninth and last place. Your single result at the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin was the 18th place in the Super -G. On the descent, and the combination of them dropped out. At the 2007 World Championships in Åre it ranked 20 in the super combined, rank 23 in the downhill and 24th in super -G.

In the 2007/2008 season Rabičs results deteriorated compared to the previous year and they could not score in the World Cup. Due to lack of support by the Slovenian Ski Federation, she finished her career in 2008.

Achievements

Olympic Winter Games

• Turin 2006: 18 Super -G

World Championships

• Santa Caterina 2005: 24 Downhill, 32 Super G, 9 team competition
• Åre 2007: 20 Super Combined Downhill 23, 24, Super -G

Junior World Championships

• Briançonnais 2003: 19 Departure
• Maribor 2004: 7 Departure
• Bardonecchia 2005: 6 Super -G

World Cup

• 3 places in the top 20

European Cup

Other successes

• 6 times Slovenian champion: 3x departure ( 2003-2005 )
• 1x Super -G ( 2003)
• 2x combination (2003 and 2006)