Barbara Jezeršek

Barbara Jezeršek (born 31 October 1986) is a Slovenian-born Australian cross country skier, currently representing Australia, who has competed since 2003. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 14th in the 4 x 5 km relay, 17th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 40th in the 10 km events.[1]

Barbara Jezeršek
Barbara Jezeršek in 2012
Country Slovenia (2007-2014)
 Australia (2016-present)
Born (1986-10-31) 31 October 1986
Kranj, Slovenia
Ski clubNSD Medvode (Slovenia)
World Cup career
Seasons20072014, 20162018
Indiv. podiums0
Team podiums0
Indiv. starts100
Team starts12
Overall titles0 – (68th in 2012)
Discipline titles0
Updated on 27 May 2019.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sotchi, she finished 19th in the Skiathlon, 41st in the 10km Classic, 11th in the 4 × 5 km relay and 31st in the 30 km Mass Start Free[2]

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Jezeršek finished 44th in the 30 km, 49th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 65th in the individual sprint events. Her best World Cup finish was ninth in a 4 × 5 km relay event in Norway in November 2009, while her best individual finish was 34th at a 10 km event in Canada in February 2010. She is openly lesbian.[3] She received Australian citizenship in 2016.[4]

She is one of the six openly gay athletes who competed at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.[5]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[6]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   10 km 
individual
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
mass start
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
201023401714
20142739183010
201831333912

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km 
individual
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
mass start
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
200922484365
20112420227
201326444014
2017305124354615
2019324769

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
200720NCNCNCN/A46N/AN/A
200821NCNCNCN/A42N/A
200922NCNCNCN/AN/A
201023NCNCNCN/AN/A
201124745381DNFN/A
2012256848805335N/A
2013267754NC32DNFN/A
2014277553NC3729N/A
201629NCNCN/A
201730NCNCNCDNFN/A
201831NCNCNCN/A

References

  1. Olympic results
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Pärsonova razkrila, da je lezbijka" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  4. "Jezeršek receives citizenship and looks towards PyeongChang". Olympics.com.au. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  5. Hogan, Heather (24 February 2014). "Sochi report card: How did our gay Olympians do?". afterellen.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. "JEZERSEK Barbara". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
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