Petra Vlhová

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. She is the current world champion in giant slalom.

Petra Vlhová
Alpine skier
Vlhová in January 2018
DisciplinesSlalom, Giant slalom, Super-G, Downhill, Combined
ClubVojenské športové centrum Dukla Banská Bystrica
Born (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995
Liptovský Mikuláš,
Slovakia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
World Cup debut29 December 2012 (age 17)
Websitepetravlhova.sk
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 – (2013–2019)
Medals4 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8 – (2013–2020)
Wins14 – (8 SL, 4 GS, 1 PSL, 1 CE)
Podiums34 – (22 SL, 6 GS, 3 PSL, 2 CE, 1 AC)
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 2019)
Discipline titles2 – (SL & Parallel, 2020)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Slovakia
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 0
World Championships 1 2 1
Total 1 2 1
World Championships
2019 ÅreGiant slalom
2017 St. MoritzTeam event
2019 ÅreCombined
2019 ÅreSlalom
Winter Youth Olympic Games
2012 Innsbruck Slalom
Junior World Championships
2014 JasnáSlalom
2012 RoccarasoSlalom

Background and early years

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]

World Cup

She made her World Cup 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.[3] On 17 January 2016, for the first time she entered second run in giant slalom in Flachau and finished 14th.[4]

2019 season

In December 2018, Vlhová scored the first World Cup giant slalom win for Slovakia in a race in Semmering, Austria – she was in fourth place after the first run, but set the second fastest time on the second run for the victory: her previous best GS result had been seventh.[5] A few days later she won a parallel slalom at the foot of the Holmenkollbakken in Oslo, the sixth win of her career, setting a new record for the most World Cup wins by a Slovak alpine skier, eclipsing Veronika Velez-Zuzulová.[6]

In January 2019, having finished as runner-up to Mikaela Shiffrin in the first five classic slaloms of the World Cup season, Vlhová defeated Shiffrin in a slalom in Flachau, setting the fastest time on the second run to take the win after placing third in the first run, and taking the winner's €70,000 prize, the biggest women's prize purse of the World Cup season. The race was her fifth win in classic slalom, putting her one ahead of Velez-Zuzulová in terms of wins in the discipline.[7]

At the Alpine World Ski Championships in February 2019, Vlhová took a complete set of medals. She claimed the first individual medal for a Slovak skier - a silver in the combined - after being edged out by Wendy Holdener by three hundredths of a second.[8] She then won the first gold medal for Slovakia in the giant slalom,[9] before taking the bronze in the slalom.[10]

Petra Vlhová in Stockholm 2019

2020 season

Vlhová started the 2020 season with a 14th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. She reached her first podium in season on Killington, when she finished second in Slalom. On December 15, 2019 she won a Parallel slalom race in St. Moritz. In the last race of year 2019, she finished second again in Lienz, when she lost with her big rival from USA, Mikaela Shiffrin.

World Cup results

Season titles
Season
Discipline
2020 Slalom
Parallel

Season standings
Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined Parallel
2013179142————N/A
201418——————
2015198134————
20162024640———
20172110511———
2018225413——7
201923———
2020241416—
Standings through 11 March 2020
Petra Vlhová in Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018
Petra Vlhová in Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018

Race podiums
Total Slalom Giant Slalom Downhill Super G Combined Parallel
Wins14840002
Podiums342260015
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2016
3 podiums
(3 SL)		13 December 2015 Åre, SwedenSlalom1st
29 December 2015 Lienz, AustriaSlalom3rd
15 January 2016 Flachau, AustriaSlalom3rd
2017
3 podiums
(3 SL)		12 November 2016 Levi, FinlandSlalom3rd
3 January 2017 Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom2nd
18 March 2017 Aspen, USASlalom1st
2018
6 podiums
(3 SL, 1 AC, 1 PS, 1 CE)		11 November 2017 Levi, FinlandSlalom1st
26 November 2017 Killington, USASlalom2nd
20 December 2017 Courchevel, FranceParallel slalom2nd
28 January 2018   Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSlalom1st
30 January 2018 Stockholm, SwedenCity event3rd
4 March 2018   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined3rd
2019
14 podiums
(8 SL, 4 GS, 1 PS, 1 CE)		17 November 2018 Levi, FinlandSlalom2nd
25 November 2018 Killington, USASlalom2nd
9 December 2018   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandParallel slalom2nd
22 December 2018 Courchevel, FranceSlalom2nd
28 December 2018 Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom1st
29 December 2018Slalom2nd
1 January 2019  Oslo, NorwayCity event1st
5 January 2019 Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom2nd
8 January 2019 Flachau, AustriaSlalom1st
1 February 2019 Maribor, SloveniaGiant Slalom1st
8 March 2019 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech RepublicGiant Slalom1st
9 March 2019Slalom3rd
16 March 2019 Soldeu, AndorraSlalom3rd
17 March 2019Giant Slalom3rd
2020
8 podiums
(5 SL, 2 GS, 1 PS)		1 December 2019 Killington, USASlalom2nd
15 December 2019   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandParallel slalom1st
29 December 2019 Lienz, AustriaSlalom2nd
4 January 2020 Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom1st
14 January 2020 Flachau, AustriaSlalom1st
18 January 2020 Sestriere, ItalyGiant Slalom1st
15 February 2020 Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant Slalom2nd
16 February 2020Slalom1st

World Championship results
Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined Team Event
201317DNF1————9
2015194430————
20172148———2
20192331——2—

Olympic results
Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined Team Event
2014181924———N/A
201822131332DNF59

References
  1. "Náš tím". Petravlhova.sk. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. "Junior Worlds: Slalom gold for Slovakia's Petra Vlhova". Fédération Internationale de Ski. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  3. FIS Results
  4. AUDI FIS SKI WORLD CUP 2015/16, 6th LADIES' GIANT SLALOM
  5. "Petra Vlhova wins giant slalom, makes history for Slovenia". japantimes.co.jp. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  6. "Coupe du monde : Petra Vlhova domine Mikaela Shiffrin et le slalom parallèle d'Oslo" [World Cup: Petra Vlhova dominates Mikaela Shiffrin and Oslo's parallel slalom]. L'Équipe (in French). 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  7. "Vlhova denies Shiffrin 8th straight victory in World Cup slalom". CBC.ca. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  8. Sharland, Pete (8 February 2019). "Ladies' Combined: Wendy Holdener beats Petra Vlhova by 0.03s to take Combined gold". Eurosport. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  9. "Petra Vlhova wins first-ever World Championships gold for Slovakia". International Ski Federation. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  10. "Mikaela Shiffrin makes history with fourth straight slalom gold". cnn.com. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

Media related to Petra Vlhová at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.