Vedran Pavlek

Vedran Pavlek (born 27 April 1973 in Zagreb) is a former Croatian World Cup Alpine ski racer. He has been Director of the Croatian Alpine Ski Team and the Croatian Alpine Ski Pool in the Croatian Ski Association since 1998.

Vedran Pavlek
Personal information
NationalityCroatian
Born27 April 1973
Zagreb, Croatia
OccupationAlpine ski racer and executive
Years activefrom 1992
Sport
CountryCroatia
Sportalpine skiing
Positionslalom, giant slalom
Clubski club "SK Zagreb"
Coached byOzren Müller, Slaviša Weiner
Retired1998

Life and career

Vedran Pavlek is a former Alpine racer who himself participated in three Olympic Winter Games and three FIS Alpine World Ski Championships as well as numerous FIS Ski World Cup events. He was an olympic flag bearer for Croatia at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Pavlek has also been Member of the FIS Alpine Executive Board since 2008 and General Manager of the Organizing Committee of the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup slalom races in Zagreb since 2005.[1] Furthermore, he led the Croatian Alpine Ski Team at three editions of the Olympic Winter Games (2002, 2006, 2010) where the team won a total of four gold medals and five silver medals. Pavlek has studied business administration and management at the University of Zagreb.

References

  1. Globus. Globus International d.d. 2005. p. 75. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
Awards and achievements
Winter Olympics
Preceded by
Tomislav Čižmešija
Flagbearer for  Croatia
Lillehammer 1994
Succeeded by
Janica Kostelić
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