Robert Kranjec
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Robert Kranjec
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| Born | 16 July 1981 Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia[1] |
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SK Triglav Kranj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skis | Fischer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 244 m (Vikersund 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 1998– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 4 (+1 team) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional podiums | 10 (+4 team) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total podiums | 14 (+5 team) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Kranjec (born 16 July 1981) is a Slovenian ski jumper who has competed since 1998. He won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the Team Large Hill event. Although he often jumps only average at Normal and Large Hills,[citation needed] he belongs to the world's best active ski flying athletes. On 25 February 2012, he won the Ski-Flying World Championship and thus became the Slovenia's third World Champion in ski jumping and the first in ski flying. He also set a new national record.[2]
Kranjec was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[1] His first victory in a World Cup competition was at Kuusamo, Finland in 2005. The following years he could not reach any top results except for ski flying competitions. In 2010 he celebrated his second World Cup victory at Tauplitz, Austria. After two more successful ski flying competitions at Tauplitz and Oberstdorf, in which he achieved the second place each time, he won the ski flying World Cup 2009/10.
Kranjec's most successful season was 2011-12. Apart from becoming the World champion in ski flying and winning the bronze medal in team competition at the 2012 Ski-Flying World Championship, he won two competitions in World Cup. Together with two additional podiums, Kranjec won the second ski flying World Cup in his career.[3]
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World Cup
Season titles
2 titles (2 Ski Flying)
| Season | Discipline |
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| 2009/10 | Ski Flying |
| 2011/12 | Ski Flying |
Podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Place |
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| 2001-2002 | 1 Mar 2002 |  Lahti, Finland |
3rd |
| 2002-2003 | 9 Feb 2003 |  Willingen, Germany |
3rd |
| 2005-2006 | 26 Nov 2005 | Kuusamo, Finland |
3rd |
| 26 Nov 2005 | 1st | ||
| 19 Mar 2006 |  Planica, Slovenia |
3rd | |
| 2008-2009 | 22 Mar 2009 | Planica, Slovenia |
3rd |
| 2009-2010 | 9 Jan 2010 |  Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria |
1st |
| 10 Jan 2010 | 2nd | ||
| 31 Jan 2010 | Oberstdorf, Germany |
2nd | |
| 2010-2011 | 20 Mar 2011 | Planica, Slovenia |
2nd |
| 2011-2012 | 15 Jan 2012 | Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria |
1st |
| 11 Mar 2012 |  Oslo, Norway |
3rd | |
| 16 Mar 2012 | Planica, Slovenia |
1st | |
| 18 Mar 2012 | Planica, Slovenia |
3rd |
References
- ^ a b "Dobitniki Bloudkovih priznanj za leto 2002 [Bloudek Award winner of 2002]" (in Slovene). Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Slovenia. 2002. http://www.mizks.gov.si/fileadmin/mizks.gov.si/pageuploads/podrocje/nagrade/pdf/Bloudek_priznanja_2002.pdf. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ "Kranjec svetovni prvak v smučarskih poletih [Kranjec Is the World Champion in Ski Flying]" (in Slovene). Delo.si. 25 February 2012. http://www.delo.si/sport/zimski-sporti/kranjec-svetovni-prvak-v-smucarskih-poletih_2.html.
- ^ http://www.rtvslo.si/sport/zimski-sporti/kranjec-s-100-stopnickami-slovenskih-orlov-v-planici-do-malega-globusa/279170
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