Petra Majdič
Petra Majdič | |
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Discipline titles | 3 – (3 SP) |
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Updated on 28 January 2018. |
Petra Majdič (born 22 December 1979) is a Slovenian former cross-country skier. Her best results came in classic style races. She won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty in sprint races, but she also won a marathon (30 km race) in Trondheim in 2009.[1] She is the first Slovenian cross-country skier to win a World Cup race, the first to get a medal at the World Championships and the first to get an Olympic medal. With 20 wins, Majdič is the second-most successful sprinter in FIS Cross-Country World Cup history and with 24 wins in total she's the fourth-most successful World Cup competitor of all time.
Career
She first appeared in World Cup on 9 January 1999 in
2010 Winter Olympics
During the warm-up for the 1.4 km classic sprint on 17 February in the 2010 Olympics she skied off-course, down a bank, into a 3 m (10 ft) deep gully where she crashed on rocks breaking both ski poles, a ski tip, and sustained five broken ribs along with a pneumothorax.[2][3][4] The start time for her qualifying round was pushed back, but she collapsed in pain after qualifying and was taken to hospital to be x-rayed. The ultrasound failed to show the rib fractures. Thus, she returned to the course and, despite the agonizing pain, won her quarterfinal and just got through the semifinal as a lucky loser. During the semifinal, one of the broken ribs pierced her lung, collapsing it. Despite this and the excruciating pain, she finished third to win the bronze medal in the final, the first individual Winter Olympic medal for Slovenia in 16 years.[5] She earned the highest praise from other skiers, staff and the media for her amazing bravery as she attended the medal giving ceremony with a tube in her chest to relieve pneumothorax.[6] She said at the press conference afterward "Today, this is not a bronze. This is a gold with little diamonds on it".[7]
Two days after the race she was awarded with the
After an inspiring Olympic performance, anecdotal factoids had appeared amongst her supporters, all including Majdič herself and Chuck Norris, a typical one being "When Chuck Norris can't go on, Petra Majdič perseveres!".[12]
On 11 January 2011, she was proclaimed the Slovenian Woman of the Year for 2010. The award is conferred each year by the readers of Jana, the oldest women's magazine in Slovenia.[13]
2011 comeback
Due to the extent of her injury, many wrote Majdič off, while some were convinced that she would retire. Her coach Ivan Hudač persuaded her to continue with her career for at least another year and after a successful preparation period she was fit enough to start the 2010–11 season along with other top skiers. It took Majdič only two World Cup races to get back to the podium, she was second in 1.2 km classic sprint of Kuusamo. She was unable to win any races in November and December, but raised her form and won three races in January. She moved on to win a bronze medal in freestyle sprint of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo. She won yet another World Cup sprint in March, her twenty-fourth career win and third in Stockholm. With that win Majdič clinched her third Sprint title.[14]
She retired from competitive skiing on 20 March 2011, wearing the "Goodbye, I love you" sign on her backside.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
Olympic Games
- 1 medal – (1 bronze)
Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | 22 | 6 | — |
7 |
12 | — | 9 | — |
2006 | 26 | 6 | — | 11 | 14 | 8 | — | — |
2010 | 30 | — | — | — | — | Bronze | — | — |
World Championships
- 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | 19 | 59 | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — |
2001 | 21 | — | 17 | 14 | 32 | — | — | 11 | — |
2003 | 23 | — | 7 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — |
2005 | 25 | — | — | — | 23 | — | 15 | — | — |
2007 | 27 | — | — | — | 16 | 5 | Silver | — | 9 |
2009 | 29 | — | 15 | — | 9 | — | 12 | — | — |
2011 | 31 | — | 13 | — | — | — | Bronze | 7 | 5 |
World Cup
Season titles
- 3 titles – (3 sprint)
Season | |
Discipline | |
2008 | Sprint |
2009 | Sprint |
2011 | Sprint |
Season standings
Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Distance | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint | Nordic Opening |
Tour de Ski |
World Cup Final | ||
1999 | 19 | NC | — | NC | — | — | — | — | — |
2000 |
20 | 69 | — | NC | 47 | NC | — | — | — |
2001 | 21 | 34 | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — |
2002 | 22 | 14 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — |
2003 | 23 | 14 | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — |
2004 | 24 | 24 | 21 | — | — | 32 | — | — | — |
2005 | 25 | 9 | 18 | — | — | 11 | — | — | — |
2006 | 26 | 9 | 10 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — |
2007 | 27 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | 6 | — | |
2008 | 28 | 5 | 14 | — | — | — | 18 | 13 | |
2009 | 29 | 5 | — | — | — | 12 | |||
2010 | 30 | 8 | — | — | — | — | |||
2011 | 31 | 6 | 13 | — | — | 7 | 6 | 9 |
Individual podiums
- 24 victories – (16 WC, 8 SWC)
- 49 podiums – (32 WC, 17 SWC)
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2000–01 | 1 February 2001 | Asiago, Italy | 1.5 km Sprint F | World Cup | 3rd |
2 | 2001–02 | 19 December 2001 | Asiago, Italy | 1.5 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd |
3 | 5 March 2002 | Stockholm, Sweden | 1.5 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd | |
4 | 2005–06 | 5 February 2006 | Davos, Switzerland | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |
5 | 4 March 2006 | Mora, Sweden | 45 km Mass Start C | World Cup | 3rd | |
6 | 9 March 2006 | Drammen, Norway | 1.0 km Sprint C | World Cup | 1st | |
7 | 2006–07 | 25 November 2006 | Rukatunturi, Finland | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 1st |
8 | 13 December 2006 | Cogne, Italy | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd | |
9 | 3 January 2007 | Oberstdorf, Germany | 10 km Individual C | Stage World Cup | 1st | |
10 | 14 March 2007 | Drammen, Norway | 1.0 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd | |
11 | 17 March 2007 | Oslo, Norway | 30 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd | |
12 | 21 March 2007 | Stockholm, Sweden | 1.0 km Sprint C | World Cup | 1st | |
13 | 2007–08 | 1 December 2007 | Rukatunturi, Finland | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 1st |
14 | 23 January 2008 | Canmore, Canada | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 1st | |
15 | 10 February 2008 | Otepää, Estonia | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 1st | |
16 | 27 February 2008 | Stockholm, Sweden | 1.0 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd | |
17 | 5 March 2008 | Drammen, Norway | 1.0 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd | |
18 | 2008–09 | 29 November 2008 | Rukatunturi, Finland | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 1st |
19 | 14 December 2008 | Davos, Switzerland | 1.4 km Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | |
20 | 20 December 2008 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 0.8 km Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | |
21 | 27 December 2008 | Oberhof, Germany | 2.8 km Individual F | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
22 | 29 December 2008 | Prague, Czech Republic | 1.3 km Sprint F | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
23 | 1 January 2009 | Nové Město, Czech Republic | 1.2 km Sprint F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | |
24 | 3 January 2009 | Val di Fiemme , Italy |
10 km Mass Start C | Stage World Cup | 2nd | |
25 | 27 December 2008 – 4 January 2009 |
Tour de Ski | Overall Standings | World Cup | 3rd | |
26 | 25 January 2009 | Otepää, Estonia | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 1st | |
27 | 13 February 2009 | Valdidentro, Italy | 1.4 km Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | |
28 | 14 February 2009 | 10 km C | World Cup | 3rd | ||
29 | 7 March 2009 | Lahti, Finland | 1.2 km Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | |
30 | 12 March 2009 | Trondheim, Norway | 1.4 km Sprint C | World Cup | 1st | |
31 | 14 March 2009 | 30 km Mass Start C | World Cup | 1st | ||
32 | 12 March 2009 | Stockholm, Sweden | 1.0 km Sprint C | Stage World Cup | 1st | |
33 | 2009–10 | 28 November 2009 | Rukatunturi, Finland | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd |
34 | 13 December 2009 | Davos, Switzerland | 1.0 km Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | |
35 | 19 December 2009 | Rogla, Slovenia | 1.0 km Sprint C | World Cup | 3rd | |
36 | 1 January 2010 | Oberhof, Germany | 2.8 km Individual F | Stage World Cup | 1st | |
37 | 3 January 2010 | 1.6 km Sprint C | Stage World Cup | 1st | ||
38 | 6 January 2010 | Cortina–Toblach, Italy | 16 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | |
39 | 7 January 2010 | 5 km Individual C | Stage World Cup | 3rd | ||
40 | 3 January 2010 | Val di Fiemme , Italy |
10 km Mass Start C | Stage World Cup | 1st | |
41 | 1–10 January 2010 | Tour de Ski | Overall Standings | World Cup | 2nd | |
42 | 17 January 2010 | Otepää, Estonia | 1.2 km Sprint C | Stage World Cup | 2nd | |
43 | 2010–11 | 26 November 2010 | Rukatunturi, Finland | 1.2 km Sprint C | Stage World Cup | 2nd |
44 | 27 November 2010 | 5 km Individual C | Stage World Cup | 3rd | ||
45 | 2 January 2011 | Oberstdorf, Germany | 1.2 km Sprint C | Stage World Cup | 1st | |
46 | 5 January 2011 | Toblach, Italy | 1.3 km Sprint F | Stage World Cup | 1st | |
47 | 23 January 2011 | Otepää, Estonia | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 1st | |
48 | 13 March 2011 | Lahti, Finland | 1.4 km Sprint C | World Cup | 3rd | |
49 | 16 March 2011 | Stockholm, Sweden | 1.0 km Sprint C | Stage World Cup | 1st |
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