Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 8 | Ski Cross | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | |
| FIS World Championships |
| 5 | Ski Cross | 2013 | Voss, NOR | |
| 11 | Ski Cross | 2011 | Deer Valley, UT, USA | |
| FIS World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | ALL | SX |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 166 | 41 |
| 2012/2013 | 24 | 6 |
| 2011/2012 | 5 | 1 |
| 2010/2011 | 45 | 13 |
| Best performance per season in FIS World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | SX |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 16th |
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 1st |
| 2011/2012 | 3 x 1st |
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 4th |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Ten best FIS World Cup performances in current season |
| 16 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | San Candido, ITA | |
| 18 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | Kreischberg, AUT | |
| 26 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | San Candido, ITA | |
| 29 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | Nakiska, AB, CAN | |
| 35 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | Val Thorens, FRA | |
| 42 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | Val Thorens, FRA | |
| 64 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | Val Thorens, FRA | |
| X Games |
| 2 | Ski Cross | 2012 | Aspen, CO, USA | 1:20.730 |
LegendALL-Overall, AE-Aerials, MO-Moguls, SX-Ski Cross, HP-Halfpipe, SS-Slopestyle, BA-Big Air, DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified, RNS-Received no score
- Nickname: Skiing Jack of all Trades (redbull.com, 31 Jan 2013)
- Occupation: Athlete, Student
- Languages Spoken: Slovene
- Other Sports: He competed in alpine skiing in four events at the 2007 Junior World Championships in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee and Flachau in Austria. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 Jan 2014)
- Injuries: He contracted bronchitis in early 2013. (youtube.com, 05 Mar 2013)
While training in Rogla, Slovenia, during the 2012/13 season, he aggravated an old injury after falling on his neck. He also injured the third and fourth vertebrae in his back. (YouTube, 05 Mar 2013)
In 2003 he fell while alpine skiing, damaging his left kidney and breaking several ribs. He was out of competition for about a month. (Athlete, 25 Jan 2010)
- Hobbies: Mountain biking dirt jumping, rollerblading. (Athlete, 25 Jan 2010)
- Education: Biomedical Science - Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Maribor, SLO
- Coach: Primoz Vrhovnik [national] (SLO) from 2008 (24ur.com, 01 Oct 2013; delo.si, 28 Nov 2011)
- Debut: 2008 for Slovenia, World Cup (Austria) (Athlete, 25 Jan 2010)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerHe began freestyle skiing at age 21, after switching from an alpine skiing career. (Athlete, 25 Jan 2010)
Reason for taking up this sportBetween 2004 and 2007 he was a member of Slovenia's national alpine skiing team, but he began to feel that the discipline did not fulfil his expectations. He was looking for a new challenge and decided to try freestyle. He decided to focus on ski cross in 2008. (redbull.com, 31 Jan 2013)
AmbitionsTo become world champion and win a gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games. (redbull.com, 31 Jan 2013)
Most influential person in careerShane McConkey, a Canadian skier and base jumper who died in March 2009. (Athlete, 25 Jan 2010)
Sporting philosophy / motto"My sport is dangerous, but it seems to me that the more you think about hurting yourself, the more you tempt destiny." (playboy.si, 01 Mar 2013)
AwardsHe was named 2011 Athlete of the Year in Maribor, Slovenia. (redbull.com, 31 Jan 2013)
GeneralSECOND STYLE
He began competing in both the freestyle and alpine skiing disciplines in the 2013/14 season. As a youngster he initially took up alpine skiing before giving it up and making the switch to ski cross in 2008. Upon his return to alpine skiing in October 2013, he finished fifth at an event in La Parva, Chile. "Many people have accused me of moving to ski cross because I was not good enough in alpine skiing. But for me, the result in Chile is not a surprise. A great freestyle skier must also be good at alpine skiing." (fis-ski.com, 16 Oct 2013)
VIRTUAL GAME
There is a mobile computing app bearing his name called Filip Flisar Ski Cross. Players can choose to be him and ski on a virtual ski cross course. (coronalabs.com, 18 Feb 2013)
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