Robert Kranjec

Robert Kranjec
Country	Slovenia
Born	16 July 1981 Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Ski club	SK Triglav Kranj
Personal best	244 m (801 ft) Vikersund, 25 Feb 2012
World Cup career
Seasons	1998–2016
Individual wins	7
Team wins	8
Indiv. podiums	27
Team podiums	15
Yellow bibs	1
Indiv. starts	319
Team starts	50
Ski Flying titles	2 (2010, 2012)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 Oslo Team LH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 Vikersund Individual 2012 Vikersund Team
Updated on 1 November 2016.

Robert Kranjec (born 16 July 1981) is a Slovenian ski jumper.

Career

He won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the Team Large Hill event. He belongs to the world's best active ski flying athletes. On 25 February 2012, he won the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 and thus became the Slovenia's third World Champion in ski jumping and the first in ski flying. He also set a new national record.^[1]

Kranjec was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia.^[2] His first victory in a World Cup competition was at Kuusamo, Finland in 2005. The following years he could not reach any top results except for ski flying competitions. In 2010 he celebrated his second World Cup victory at Tauplitz, Austria. After two more successful ski flying competitions at Tauplitz and Oberstdorf, in which he achieved the second place each time, he won the ski flying World Cup 2009/10.

Kranjec's most successful season was 2011/12. Apart from becoming the World champion in ski flying and winning the bronze medal in team competition at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 he won two competitions in World Cup. Together with two additional podiums, Kranjec won the second ski flying World Cup in his career.^[3]

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	SF	4H	NT	JP
1997/98	–	–	–	–	–
1999/00	–	–	–	–	–
2000/01	–	–	–	–	N/A
2001/02	16	N/A	23	7	N/A
2002/03	17	N/A	25	15	N/A
2003/04	46	N/A	47	36	N/A
2004/05	45	N/A	58	32	N/A
2005/06	16	N/A	28	–	N/A
2006/07	27	N/A	37	35	N/A
2007/08	25	N/A	28	30	N/A
2008/09	23	7	31	12	N/A
2009/10	10		14	12	N/A
2010/11	18	8	21	N/A	N/A
2011/12	9		14	N/A	N/A
2012/13	6		21	N/A	N/A
2013/14	11	9	28	N/A	N/A
2014/15	26	21	29	N/A	N/A
2015/16	13		42	N/A	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2005/06	26 November 2005	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi HS142 (night)	LH
2	2009/10	9 January 2010	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS200	FH
3	2011/12	15 January 2012	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS200	FH
4		16 March 2012	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215	FH
5	2012/13	27 January 2013	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225	FH
6	2015/16	12 February 2016	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225 (night)	FH
7		18 March 2016	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225	FH

References

1. "Kranjec svetovni prvak v smučarskih poletih" [Kranjec Is the World Champion in Ski Flying]. Delo.si (in Slovenian). 25 February 2012.
2. "Dobitniki Bloudkovih priznanj za leto 2002" [Bloudek Award winner of 2002] (PDF). Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Slovenia (in Slovenian). 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
3. S. J.; Ž. K. (18 March 2012). "Kranjec s 100. slovenskimi stopničkami do malega globusa" [Kranjec with 100th podium finish for Slovenia to Crystal Globe] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

External links

• Robert Kranjec at the International Ski Federation