Vesna Fabjan

Vesna Fabjan (born 13 March 1985) is a Slovenian cross-country skier.

Career

Fabjan who lives in Spodnja Besnica, began with the cross-country skiing at the age of eight years and starts for the TSK Mercury Kranj, made ​​her international debut in December 2000 as part of cross-country skiing Continental Cup. At the Junior World Championship 2001 in Karpacz she reached in an individual over 5 km in classic style the 38 place before they finished the Sprint race on a good 17th place. After a few durchwachsenenen Continental Cup starts she succeeded at the Junior World Championship in 2002 in Sollefteå in two races of the 22nd place. At the Junior World Championship 2004 in Stryn you succeeded in the first top-10 result. So Fabjan finished the Sprint race in fifth place.

In the Winter Universiade in 2005 in Innsbruck and Seefeld Fabjan won the gold medal in the sprint. 13 February 2005 Fabjan was in Reit im Winkl his debut in the Cross Country World Cup. But when she missed the 42 in the Sprint Cup points ranks significantly. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 in Oberstdorf she reached the 34th place in the sprint. In the following Junior World Championship 2005 in Rovaniemi, Finland, she was in the sprint and eighth in the individual over 5 km in free style at the end of Eleventh.

For the 2005/06 season Fabjan moved firmly into the A-National squad and got a solid starting place in the Cross Country World Cup. Already at the first station in Dusseldorf she became the 22nd in the team sprint for the first time a points win. In Vernon Fabjan also succeeded in a single World Cup for the first time as a 29 win World Cup points. After the Slovenian finished the Sprint race in 42nd at the U23 cross-country skiing World Cup in Kranj in January 2006, she traveled in February to the Olympic Winter Games in Turin, where Fabjan took in two races. In the sprint, she placed 40th in the team sprint on the 14th rank.

At the start of the following season 2006/ 07 Fabjan succeeded in Dusseldorf at the team sprint at the side of Petra Majdič in sixth for the first time a place in the top ten. The Tour de Ski 2006/2007, she finished after weak retail results at Rank 60 In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo Fabjan reached ninth in the team sprint after it ran only on the 37th place in the sprint. Even in individual over 10 km, it remained as a 57 short of expectations.

In October 2007, she missed the World Cup in Dusseldorf in fourth in the team sprint only just their first podium result. After a few trips to the Alps Cup or FIS races Fabjan ended in January 2008, the Tour de Ski 2007/2008 on the 40th place. Her international breakthrough finally succeeded in season 2009/10. In Davos, she finished the Sprint race in tenth for the first time in the top 10 by rank 33 in the Tour de Ski 2008/2009 she succeeded to the seventh rank in Rybinsk also a top- 10 ranking. However, in the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec she was unable to repeat their performance. After Rank 53 in individual over 10 km Fabjan missed a top ranking in the sprint than 16.

At season's end Fabjan missed in Lahti in fourth in the sprint only just her first individual World Cup podium. The jump to third place in her finally succeeded at the beginning of the 2009/10 season in the sprint in Dusseldorf. Also in Davos, she showed in fourth again a top performance. In January 2010 Fabjan succeeded in Rybinsk Sprint in the first World Cup victory in her career. Also in the team sprint convinced her and her partner as second.

At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver Fabjan reached by ranking 33 in the individual only rank 23 in the sprint. Even with the season they did not get beyond rank 14. A little later she finished her until then best World Cup season ranked seventh of the Sprint World Cup overall standings and ranked 21 in the World Cup overall standings. In the 2010/11 season Fabjan started again finishing third in the sprint in Dusseldorf. Again, she also won the sprint race in Rybinsk in January. In the following Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo she missed a first medal in the sprint in fourth just barely. In individual Slovenia's only came as a 41 finish before they again reached a good seventh place in the relay race in about 4x5 km.

In the 2011/12 season Fabjan weak start. Only in Rogla she became the seventh back a good top - 10 ranking. Also in Szklarska Poręba in February she became the Eighth again a rank in the top ten.

In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme Fabjan not get top ranks. At the subsequent World Cup in Lahti, she won although the qualification, but was only in the race at the 21st place finish. Having them in Beitostølen as second place on the podium went to the FIS race in November, 2013, she also reached the start of the season in Davos as fifth again a good single result. In Szklarska Poręba Fabjan succeeded as third back on the podium in a Sprint Cup.

At the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 after she won fourth place in qualifying the bronze medal in the discharged in free style sprint.

Achievements

World Cup Stats

The table shows the achieved placings in detail.

  • Place 1st-3rd. Number of podiums
  • Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten
  • Scoring points: Number of placements within the points positions
  • Start: Number overflowed race in the respective discipline
Winter Olympic Games Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics 2009–10 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2011–12 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2008–09 Tour de Ski Seefeld in Tirol FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 Vernon (British Columbia) 2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2006–07 Tour de Ski FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 2007–08 Tour de Ski 2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 2010–11 FIS Cross-Country World Cup FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 Fiemme Valley
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