Robert Kranjec
CountrySlovenia
Born (1981-07-16) 16 July 1981
Ljubljana, SR Slovenia,
SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Personal best244 m (801 ft)
Vikersund, 25 February 2012
World Cup career
Seasons1998
2000–2016
2018–2019
Starts325
Podiums27
Wins7
Ski Flying titles2 (2010, 2012)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 OsloTeam LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 VikersundIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2012 VikersundTeam

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

Career

Kranjec won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the team large hill event. He won his first World Cup event at Kuusamo, Finland in 2005. In 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 in the 2009–10 season.

In 2012, he won the 2012 FIS Ski Flying World Championships 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.[2] At the same championship, he won the bronze medal in team competition. In the same season, Kranjec also won his second ski flying World Cup title.[3]

Kranjec retired from ski jumping in March 2019.[4]

Personal life

Kranjec was born in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (present-day Slovenia) to Slovene mother and Croat father.[5][6]

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF NT JP
1997–98 —————
1999–00 —————
2000–01 ————N/A
2001–02 1623N/A7N/A
2002–03 1725N/A15N/A
2003–04 4647N/A36N/A
2004–05 4558N/A32N/A
2005–06 1628N/A—N/A
2006–07 2737N/A35N/A
2007–08 2528N/A30N/A
2008–09 2331712N/A
2009–10 10141st place, gold medalist(s)12N/A
2010–11 18218N/AN/A
2011–12 9141st place, gold medalist(s)N/AN/A
2012–13 6212nd place, silver medalist(s)N/AN/A
2013–14 11289N/AN/A
2014–15 262921N/AN/A
2015–16 13422nd place, silver medalist(s)N/AN/A
2017–18 49—27N/AN/A
2018–19 ———N/AN/A

Individual wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2005–0626 November 2005  Finland KuusamoRukatunturi HS142LH
2 2009–109 January 2010  Austria Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfKulm HS200FH
3 2011–1215 January 2012  Austria Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfKulm HS200FH
4 16 March 2012  Slovenia PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS215FH
5 2012–1327 January 2013  Norway VikersundVikersundbakken HS225FH
6 2015–1612 February 2016  Norway VikersundVikersundbakken HS225FH
7 18 March 2016  Slovenia PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS225FH

References

  1. 1 2 "Robert Kranjec – Player Profile – Ski Jumping". Eurosport. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. ↑ T. G. (25 February 2012). "Video: Robijev zlati polet za zgodovino!" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ↑ S. J.; Ž. K. (18 March 2012). "Kranjec s 100. slovenskimi stopničkami do malega globusa" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Lopatič, Jaka (20 March 2019). "Robert Kranjec se je odločil: Konec je! #video" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ Škrbić, Kažimir (20 July 2017). "Bivši svjetski prvak, dvostruki pobjednik Svjetskog kupa i osvajač olimpijske bronce u skijaškim letovima, odmara se na Viru". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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