Boris Strel

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Boris Strel

Strel in 1981
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Yugoslavia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place
1982 Schladming
Giant slalom

Boris Strel (20 October 1959 – 28 March 2013)

1982 Alpine Skiing World Cup competition in Cortina d'Ampezzo.[3] He ended his career after the 1984/85 season due to problems with his spine and was later active as a ski school and a ski repair shop owner. Strel committed suicide on 28 March 2013.[1][4][5][6]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
1979
19 25 33 11
1980
20 25 8
1981
21 21 12 12
1982
22 42 14
1983
23 36 11
1984
24 38 14 44
1985
25 77 36

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Position
1981
26 January 1981 Switzerland Adelboden, Switzerland
Giant slalom
2nd
1982
15 December 1981 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Giant slalom 1st

Olympic Games results

Season Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
1980 20 DNF2 8 not
run
not
run
1984 24 5

World Championships results

Season Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
1980 20 DNF2 8 not
run
1982 22 3

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

References

  1. ^ a b "Umrl je Boris Strel" [Boris Strel Has Died]. Delo (in Slovenian). 28 March 2013.
  2. ^ Stanonik, Tončka (2002). "Kaj je v 16 knjigah Enciklopedije Slovenije žirovskega" [What is of Žiri in the 16 Books of the Encyclopedia of Slovenia]. Žirovski občasnik: Zbornik za vsa vprašanja na Žirovskem (in Slovenian). 23 (32). DPD Svoboda Žiri, Literarna sekcija Krajevna skupnost Žiri: 212.
  3. ^ "30 let od edine slovenske veleslalomske zmage" [30 Years From the Only Slovenian Giant Slalom Win] (in Slovenian). MMC RTV Slovenia. 14 December 2011.
  4. ^ Boris Strel si je vzel življenje. 2013. Svet24.si (April 11).
  5. ^ Perko, Drago. 2013. Slovenija v solzah, odšel je Boris Strel. Slovenske novice (March 30).
  6. ^ Poslovil se je smučar Boris Strel. 2013. Radio Krka (March 29).

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