Ilka Štuhec

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Ilka Štuhec
AC)
Podiums22 – (14 DH, 5 SG, 3 AC)
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 2017)
Discipline titles2 – (DH, AC in 2017)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Slovenia
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 0
World Championships 2 0 0
Total 2 0 0
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 St. Moritz Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2019 Åre Downhill
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Flachau Slalom
Gold medal – first place 2007 Flachau Combined
Gold medal – first place 2008 Formigal Downhill

Ilka Štuhec (born 26 October 1990) is a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer, focusing on the speed events of downhill and super-G. She was a three-time junior world champion in three different disciplines, and was the world champion in downhill in 2017 and 2019.

Career

At the

Formigal, Spain.[2] She made her World Cup debut in March 2007 at the age of 16 in Lenzerheide
, Switzerland.

Štuhec gained her first World Cup victories in December

Val d'Isère, France,[4] and won her fifth event of the 2017 season in late January in Italy.[5] At the 2017 World Championships in February, she won the gold medal in downhill,[6][7] and clinched the World Cup season title in combined two weeks later.[8] At the finals in mid-March she secured another title in downhill,[9] and was the runner-up for the season in super-G
and overall.

Štuhec was sidelined for the entire 2017–18 season, including the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, due to a left knee injury (ACL) in October 2017.[10] She returned to the winner's circle with consecutive World Cup victories in Val Gardena in December 2018,[10] and successfully defended her World Championships title in downhill in February 2019.[11][12] Two weeks later, a crash at Crans-Montana injured the same knee (PCL); it was reported that she would recover without surgery.[13]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season Discipline
2017 Combined
Downhill

Season standings

Season Overall Slalom Giant
slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined
2008 89 — — — 44 26
2012 81 — — — 27 —
2013 59 — — 36 25 15
2014 44 — 47 17 28 —
2015 41 — — 28 22 —
2016 33 — — 12 25 29
2017 2 35 34 2 1 1
2018 Injured in October, out for the season
2019 10 — 46 11 4 —
2020 32 — — 28 15 —
2021 42 — — 40 14 —
2022 53 — — — 21
2023 11 — — 30 2
2024 29 — — 26 8
Source:[14]

Race victories

  • 11 wins – (7
    AC
    )
Season Date Location Discipline
2017 2 December 2016 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill
3 December 2016 Downhill
16 December 2016 France Val d'Isère, France Combined
17 December 2016 Downhill
29 January 2017 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G
25 February 2017  Switzerland  Crans-Montana, Switzerland Super-G
15 March 2017 United States Aspen, United States Downhill
2019 18 December 2018 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill
19 December 2018 Super-G
2023 21 January 2023 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill
15 March 2023 Andorra Soldeu, Andorra Downhill

World Championship results

  Year    Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2013 — 32 6 19 DNF2
2015 — 25 17 20 7
2017 — DNF2 11 1 DNF2
2019 — — 8 1 10
2021 — — 25 14 —
2023 — — 12 6 DNS2
Source:[15]

Olympic Games results

  Year    Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 — 31 13 10 DNF2
2018 Did not compete
2022 — — — 22 —
Source:[16]

References

  1. ^ "Mladinska svetovna slalomska prvakinja še Ilka Štuhec, zlata tudi v kombinaciji". sloski.si (in Slovenian). 11 March 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. Delo
    (in Slovenian). 26 February 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Slovenia's Ilka Stuhec completes Lake Louise downhill sweep". Associated Press. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. International Ski Federation. 17 December 2016. Archived from the original
    on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. RTV Slovenija
    . Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  6. RTV Slovenija
    . Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  7. International Ski Federation. 12 February 2017. Archived from the original
    on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  8. RTV Slovenija
    . Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. RTV Slovenija
    . Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Ilka Stuhec wins downhill for first victory since injury". ESPN. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  11. International Ski Federation
    . 10 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Stuhec spoils Vonn's farewell party at skiing worlds". ESPN. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Downhill world champion Stuhec opts to avoid knee surgery". ESPN. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  14. International Ski Federation
    . Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  15. International Ski Federation
    . Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  16. International Ski Federation
    . Retrieved 21 March 2021.

External links

Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Slovenia
Beijing 2022 		Succeeded by
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