Žan Kranjec
Žan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992)[1] is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical event of giant slalom.
| Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Kranjec in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Giant slalom, Slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | NOV - SD Novinar | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1992 Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 5 March 2011 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | zankranjec.si | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2014, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 4 – (2013–2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 9 – (2013–2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 2 – (2 GS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 7 – (7 GS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (16th in 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (4th in GS, 2019, 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom.[1]
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018, he gained his first World Cup win in Saalbach, Austria.[2]
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | ||||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| 2011 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not awarded |
| 2012 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2013 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2014 | 21 | 129 | — | 46 | — | — | — | |
| 2015 | 22 | 121 | — | 37 | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | 23 | 79 | — | 26 | — | — | — | |
| 2017 | 24 | 49 | 61 | 14 | — | — | — | |
| 2018 | 25 | 33 | — | 6 | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | 26 | 22 | 34 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| 2020 | 27 | 16 | 48 | 4 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 2021 | 28 | 39 | — | 9 | — | — | — | 25 |
- Standings through 6 February 2021
Race podiums
- 2 wins – (2 GS)
- 7 podiums – (7 GS), 24 top tens
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2018 | 17 Dec 2017 |  Alta Badia, Italy | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2019 | 19 Dec 2018 |  Saalbach, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 16 Mar 2019 |  Soldeu, Andorra | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2020 | 27 Oct 2019 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 22 Dec 2019 | Alta Badia, Italy | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 11 Jan 2020 |  Adelboden, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 2021 | 5 Dec 2020 | Santa Caterina, Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd |
World Championship results
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2013 | 20 | — | 22 | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 22 | 32 | DNF1 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 24 | DNS2 | DNF1 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 26 | 17 | 5 | — | — | — |
References
- "KRANJEC Zan - Biographie". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
- "Zan Kranjec gives Slovenian men 1st World Cup win in GS". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 December 2018.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Žan Kranjec. |
- Žan Kranjec at the International Ski Federation
- Zan Kranjec World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Žan Kranjec at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Žan Kranjec at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Official website (in English)
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