Ilka Štuhec

Ilka Štuhec
— Alpine skier —
Štuhec in January 2017
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G,
Combined, Giant slalom
Club BRM – SK Branik Maribor
Born (1990-10-26) 26 October 1990
Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia
World Cup debut 17 March 2007 (age 16)
Website ilka.si
Olympics
Teams 1 – (2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 3 – (2013, 2015, 2017)
Medals 1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 7 – (2008, 2012–17)
Wins 7 – (4 DH, 2 SG, 1 AC)
Podiums 13 – (6 DH, 4 SG, 3 AC)
Overall titles 0 – (2nd in 2017)
Discipline titles 2 – (DH, AC in 2017)
Medal record
World Championships
2017 St. MoritzDownhill
Junior World Championships
2007 FlachauSlalom
2007 FlachauCombined
2008 FormigalDownhill

Ilka Štuhec (born 26 October 1990) is a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer.[1] She is a three-time FIS Junior World Champion in three different disciplines. In 2017, she became a world champion in downhill.

Career

At the Junior World Championships in 2007, Štuhec won two gold medals (slalom and combined) in Flachau, Austria.[2] The following year she won another gold, in the downhill in Formigal, Spain.[3] She made her World Cup debut at age 16 in March 2007 in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

Štuhec gained her first World Cup victories in December 2016, back-to-back wins in the downhill in Canada at Lake Louise.[4] She had consecutive wins two weeks later in Val d'Isère, France,[5] and won her fifth event of the 2017 season in late January in Italy.[6] At the World Championships at St. Moritz in February, she won the gold medal in downhill.[7][8] On 26 February 2017, Štuhec won the alpine combined title in World Cup.[9] On 15 March 2017, she won another discipline title of the season, in downhill.[10]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season Discipline
2017Alpine Combined
Downhill

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined
20081789———4426
200918
201019
201120
20122181———27—
20132259——362515
20142344—471728—
20152441——2822—
20162533——122529
20172623534211
201827injured in October; out for season

Race podiums

  • 7 wins – (4 DH, 2 SG, 1 AC)
  • 13 podiums – (6 DH, 4 SG, 3 AC)
Season Date Location Discipline Position
2017 2 December 2016 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 1st
3 December 2016 Downhill 1st
16 December 2016 France Val d'Isère, France Combined 1st
17 December 2016 Downhill 1st
28 January 2017 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 3rd
29 January 2017 Super-G 1st
24 February 2017  Switzerland  Crans-Montana, Switzerland Combined 2nd
25 February 2017 Super-G 1st
26 February 2017 Combined 3rd
4 March 2017 South Korea Jeongseon, South Korea Downhill 3rd
5 March 2017 Super-G 3rd
15 March 2017 United States Aspen, United States Downhill 1st
16 March 2017 Super-G 2nd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
201322—32619DNF2
201524—2517207
201726—DNF2111DNF2

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
201423—311310DNF2

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=117509&type=result
  2. ↑ "Mladinska svetovna slalomska prvakinja še Ilka Štuhec, zlata tudi v kombinaciji" (in Slovenian). sloski.si. 11 March 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ilka Štuhec mladinska svetovna prvakinja v smuku" (in Slovenian). Delo. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Slovenia's Ilka Stuhec completes Lake Louise downhill sweep". Daily Mail. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Unstoppable Ilka Stuhec wins third downhill in a row". fis-ski.com. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Mitja Lisjak (29 January 2017). "Ilka Štuhec zmagala v Cortini d'Ampezzo!" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  7. ↑ M. R. (12 February 2017). "Smukaška kraljica Ilka si je po zlatu dala duška in zakričala" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Stuhec golden in St. Moritz downhill". fis-ski.com. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  9. ↑ T. O. (26 February 2017). "Ilka Štuhec zdržala pritisk in osvojila mali globus" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  10. ↑ M. L. (15 March 2017). "Video: Zmagovita Ilka najboljša smukačica na svetu!" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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