Robert Kranjec

Robert Kranjec
Country  Slovenia
Born (1981-07-16) 16 July 1981
Ljubljana, SR Slovenia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Ski club SK Triglav Kranj
Personal best 244 m (801 ft)
Vikersund, 25 February 2012
World Cup career
Seasons 1998–2016
2018–present
Individual wins 7
Team wins 8
Indiv. podiums 27
Team podiums 16
Yellow bibs 1
Indiv. starts 325
Team starts 51
Ski Flying titles 2 (2010, 2012)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
2011 OsloTeam LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
2012 VikersundIndividual
2012 VikersundTeam
Updated on 25 March 2018.

Robert Kranjec (born 16 July 1981) is a Slovenian ski jumper.

Career

He won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the Team Large Hill event. He belongs to the world's best active ski flying athletes. On 25 February 2012, he won the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 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.[1]

Kranjec was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[2] 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 FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 he won two competitions in World Cup. Together with two additional podiums, Kranjec won the second ski flying World Cup in his career.[3]

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H SF RA W5 P7 NT JP
1997/98 ———N/AN/AN/A——
1999/00 ———N/AN/AN/A——
2000/01 ———N/AN/AN/A—N/A
2001/02 1623N/AN/AN/AN/A7N/A
2002/03 1725N/AN/AN/AN/A15N/A
2003/04 4647N/AN/AN/AN/A36N/A
2004/05 4558N/AN/AN/AN/A32N/A
2005/06 1628N/AN/AN/AN/A—N/A
2006/07 2737N/AN/AN/AN/A35N/A
2007/08 2528N/AN/AN/AN/A30N/A
2008/09 23317N/AN/AN/A12N/A
2009/10 10141st, gold medalist(s)N/AN/AN/A12N/A
2010/11 18218N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2011/12 9141st, gold medalist(s)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2012/13 6212nd, silver medalist(s)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2013/14 11289N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2014/15 262921N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2015/16 13422nd, silver medalist(s)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2017/18 49—27——20N/AN/A
  • Standings through 25 March 2018

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2005/0626 November 2005  Finland KuusamoRukatunturi HS142 (night)LH
2 2009/109 January 2010  Austria Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfKulm HS200FH
3 2011/1215 January 2012  Austria Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfKulm HS200FH
4 16 March 2012  Slovenia PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS215FH
5 2012/1327 January 2013  Norway VikersundVikersundbakken HS225FH
6 2015/1612 February 2016  Norway VikersundVikersundbakken HS225 (night)FH
7 18 March 2016  Slovenia PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS225FH

References

  1. ↑ "Kranjec svetovni prvak v smučarskih poletih" [Kranjec Is the World Champion in Ski Flying]. Delo.si (in Slovenian). 25 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Dobitniki Bloudkovih priznanj za leto 2002" [Bloudek Award winner of 2002] (PDF). Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Slovenia (in Slovenian). 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  3. ↑ S. J.; Ž. K. (18 March 2012). "Kranjec s 100. slovenskimi stopničkami do malega globusa" [Kranjec with 100th podium finish for Slovenia to Crystal Globe] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  • Robert Kranjec at the International Ski Federation
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Robert Kranjec". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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