Katja Koren
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Alpine skiing | ||
 |
1994 Lillehammer | Slalom |
Katja Koren Miklavec (born 6 August 1975[1]) is a former Slovenian alpine skier.
Born in
bib number of 66, a few days after Markus Foser had won at Val Gardena with the same start number. Koren was the first woman to take an Alpine Ski World Cup win for Slovenia, a couple of days after Jure Košir became the first man to win a World Cup race for Slovenia as an independent nation in Madonna di Campiglio.[2]
She retired from skiing in 1998, due to a spinal injury.
Since 2008, she has been active in politics, and has run twice on the electoral lists of the Slovenian Democratic Party.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 |
18 | 12 | 11 | 49 | 6 | 44 | 16 |
1995 |
19 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 43 | — | — |
1996 |
20 | 36 | 13 | 27 | — | — | — |
1997 |
21 | 64 | 33 | 28 | — | — | — |
Race podiums
- 1 win (1 SG)
- 5 podiums (4 SL, 1 SG)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1994
|
22 December 1993 |  Flachau, Austria
|
Super-G | 1st |
| 10 March 1994 |  Mammoth Mountain, United States
|
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 20 March 1994 | Vail , United States
|
Slalom | 2nd | |
1995
|
26 February 1995 |  Maribor, Slovenia
|
Slalom | 2nd |
1996
|
17 December 1995 | St. Anton , Austria
|
Slalom | 3rd |
Olympic Games results
| Season | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 18 | 3 | DNF1 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
World Championships results
| Season | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 20 | DNF1 | 19 | 32 | — | 9 |
| 1997 | 21 | DNF2 | DNF2 | — | — | — |
References
- ^ "FIS-Ski - biographie". Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ^ "Slovenian wins Super-G in her maiden race". China Daily. 24 December 1993. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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