Petra Vlhová

Petra Vlhová
 Alpine skier 
Vlhová in January 2018
Disciplines Slalom, Giant slalom
Club Vojenské športové centrum Dukla Banská Bystrica
Born (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995
Liptovský Mikuláš,
Slovakia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
World Cup debut 29 December 2012 (age 17)
Website petravlhova.sk
Olympics
Teams 2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 3 – (2013, 2015, 2017)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 6 – (20132018)
Wins 4 – (4 SL)
Podiums 12 – (9 SL, 2 PS, 1 AC)
Overall titles 0 – (5th in 2018)
Discipline titles 0 – (4th in SL, 2018)

Petra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Career

She made her debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came three years later, a victory in slalom in December 2015 at Åre, Sweden. On 17 January 2016, for the first time she entered second run in giant slalom in Flachau and finished 14th.

Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1] She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia.[2]

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2013179142
201418
2015198134
20162024640
20172110511
20182254137
 Petra Vlhová in Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018
Petra Vlhová in Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018

Race podiums

  • 4 wins – (4 SL)
  • 12 podiums – (9 SL, 2 PSL, 1 AC)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
201613 Dec 2015Sweden Åre, SwedenSlalom1st
29 Dec 2015Austria Lienz, AustriaSlalom3rd
15 Jan 2016Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom3rd
201712 Nov 2016Finland Levi, FinlandSlalom3rd
3 Jan 2017Croatia Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom2nd
18 Mar 2017United States Aspen, USASlalom1st
201811 Nov 2017Finland Levi, FinlandSlalom1st
26 Nov 2017United States Killington, USASlalom2nd
20 Dec 2017France Courchevel, FranceParallel slalom2nd
28 Jan 2018 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSlalom1st
30 Jan 2018Sweden Stockholm, SwedenParallel slalom3rd
4 Mar 2018Switzerland Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined Team event
201317DNF19
2015194430
201721482

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedMixed team
2014181924N/A
201822131332DNF59
 Petra Vlhová in Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018
Petra Vlhová in Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018

References

  1. "Náš tím". Petravlhova.sk. Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  2. "Junior Worlds: Slalom gold for Slovakia's Petra Vlhova". Fédération Internationale de Ski. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
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