Additional Information
Highlights
Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
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Olympic Winter Games |
7 | Normal Hill Individual | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 259.0 |
8 | Large Hill Team | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 958.8 |
16 | Large Hill Individual | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 222.3 |
World Championships |
2 | Large Hill Individual | 2013 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 289.7 |
3 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 244.3 |
3 | Large Hill Team | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 452.6 |
6 | Large Hill Team | 2013 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 1046.4 |
6 | Normal Hill Team | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 924.2 |
8 | Mixed Normal Hill Team | 2013 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 920.0 |
17 | Normal Hill Individual | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 224.6 |
25 | Large Hill Individual | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 226.5 |
World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
Season | Overall |
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2013/2014 | 2 |
2012/2013 | 7 |
2011/2012 | 15 |
2010/2011 | 24 |
Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
Season | NH-Individual | Large Hill Individual | SF-Individual | NH-Team | LH-Team | SF-Team |
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2013/2014 | 1 x 23rd | 1 x 1st | 1 x 1st | 1 x 5th | 2 x 1st | - |
2012/2013 | 1 x 10th | 1 x 5th | 1 x 2nd | 1 x 7th | 2 x 1st | 1 x 1st |
2011/2012 | - | 2 x 4th | 1 x 8th | - | 1 x 3rd | 1 x 1st |
2010/2011 | - | 2 x 11th | 1 x 17th | - | 1 x 5th | 1 x 3rd |
Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
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Ten best World Cup performances in current season |
1 | Large Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Sapporo, JPN | 294.6 |
1 | Ski Flying Individual | 2013/2014 | Tauplitz, AUT | 369.0 |
1 | Large Hill Team | 2013/2014 | Zakopane, POL | 1059.6 |
1 | Large Hill Team | 2013/2014 | Klingenthal, GER | 540.6 |
2 | Large Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Sapporo, JPN | 254.4 |
2 | Large Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Zakopane, POL | 124.7 |
2 | Large Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Bischofshofen, AUT | 294.8 |
2 | Ski Flying Individual | 2013/2014 | Tauplitz, AUT | 381.5 |
3 | Large Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Willingen, GER | 247.3 |
3 | Large Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Oberstdorf, GER | 297.3 |
Four Hills Tournament (Ranking) |
4 | Large Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | | 971.3 |
8 | Large Hill Individual | 2012/2013 | | 989.9 |
13 | Large Hill Individual | 2010/2011 | | 818.1 |
20 | Large Hill Individual | 2011/2012 | | 696.9 |
LegendNH-Normal Hill, LH-Large Hill, SF-Ski Flying, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for main competition, DSQ-Disqualified
- Nickname: Pero (Athlete, 25 Jan 2010)
- Occupation: Athlete, Student
- Languages Spoken: English, German, Slovene
- Coach: Goran Janus [national] (SLO) (slovenskenovice.si, 03 Feb 2014)
- Injuries: He had jaw surgery in 2013 for orthodontic problems. He recovered in three weeks. (delo.si, 22 Apr 2013)
He was unable to complete the 2011/12 World Cup season due to a heavy fall in Obertsdorf, Germany. (aussenseiter-spitzenreiter.info, 06 Jun 2012)
- Hobbies: Spending time on the computer, volleyball. (skijumping.pl, 06 Feb 2013)
- Education: University of Maribor, Slovenia
- Club Name: SK Triglav Kranj, Slovenia
- Debut: 2009 for Slovenia, World Cup (Lillehammer) (Athlete, 25 Jan 2010)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerHe began ski jumping at age 10. (aussenseiter-spitzenreiter.info, 06 Jun 2012)
Reason for taking up this sport"Our village has a small ski jumping hill and one day there was a competition, which I won. So my father took me to a ski jumping club. I liked it and I stayed there." (aussenseiter-spitzenreiter.info, 06 Jun 2012)
Most influential person in careerHis father. (Athlete, 25 Jan 2010)
Sporting philosophy / motto"In every competition I have to do my best and prepare to my peak." (siol.net 25 Apr 2013)
AwardsHe was named 2009 Sportsman of the Year in Kranj, Slovenia. (Athlete, 25 Jan 2010)
GeneralNATIONAL FIRST
He became the first Slovenian male athlete to win two medals at a single Olympic Winter Games. He claimed silver in the normal hill and bronze in the large hill at the 2014 Games in Sochi. (ONS, 18 Feb 2014)
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