Boštjan Kline

Boštjan Kline (born 9 March 1991) is a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. He has competed in four World Championships,[1] and the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Boštjan Kline
Alpine skier
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G
ClubSK Branik Maribor
Born (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991
Maribor, Slovenia
World Cup debut
11 December 2009 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 – (20132019)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons7 – (2012–13, 2015–19)
Wins1 – (1 DH)
Podiums3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (20h in 2017)
Discipline titles0 – (10th in DH, 2017)

Career

Kline made his World Cup debut in December 2009 in the Super Combined at Val d'Isere, France. He competed for Slovenia at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. He failed to finish the super-G, finished 33rd in the Downhill and was disqualified during the slalom run of the super combined.

In January 2016, Kline attained his first podium, a second-place finish in downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, finishing behind Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. About a month later, he achieved a second place podium finish in Hinterstoder in the super G, again finishing behind Kilde.

He gained his first World Cup victory in Norway at Kvitfjell in a downhill in February 2017.

World Cup results

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
201018
2011191306145
20122013554
2013211204750
201422
2015231014439
20162424141730
201725201110
20182671263628
2019271023352
Standings through 3 February 2019

Race podiums

  • 1 win – (1 DH)
  • 3 podiums – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2016 30 Jan 2016 Garmisch, Germany Downhill 2nd
27 Feb 2016 Hinterstoder, Austria Super-G 2nd
2017 24 Feb 2017 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 1st

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2013 21 30 DNF DSQ1
2015 23 DNF 33 DSQ1
2017 25 DNF 7
2019 27 DNF 20 DNF2

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2018261027DNS2

References

  1. "Men's Downhill Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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