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Croatia At The 2010 Winter Olympics
Croatia participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Croatian delegation consisted of nineteen athletes in four sports. Medalists Alpine skiing Croatia qualified ten alpine skiers. Ivica Kostelić was the only athlete able to medal, winning two silver medals. ;Men ;Women Biathlon Croatia qualified two biathletes, one man and one woman. Jakov Fak became the first Croatian to win a medal outside of alpine skiing, and also became the first Croatian Winter Olympic medalist who was not from the Kostelić family. ;Men ;Women Bobsleigh * Mezulić competed in runs 1 and 2, while Haklits competed in runs 3 and 4. Cross-country skiing ;Men ;Women See also * Croatia at the Olympics * Croatia at the 2010 Winter Paralympics References Further reading * External links Vancouver 2010 Olympics at Sportnet.hr {{Country at games navbox, Croatia, Olympics 2010 in Croatian sport Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Olympic Committee
The Croatian Olympic Committee ( hr, Hrvatski olimpijski odbor (HOO)) is the non-profit organization representing Croatian athletes in the International Olympic Committee. The COC organizes Croatia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. It also organizes the Croatian contingent at smaller events such as the Mediterranean Games. Members of the committee are 44 sports federations, which elect the Executive Council composed of the president and 15 members. In 2006, the COC organized the first Croatian World Games in Zadar. These games gather various groups of diaspora Croats against contingents from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. History The Croatian Olympic Committee was founded on 10 September 1991 in Zagreb. IOC was temporally recognised Committee on 17 January 1992, which was entered way to Croatian athletes in the international olympic family. They are participate first time in Winter Olympics in Albertville and Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. Full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danko Marinelli
Danko Marinelli (born May 30, 1987 in Rijeka, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is an alpine skier from Croatia. He competed for Croatia at the 2006 Olympics and the 2010 Olympics. His best result was a 32nd in the slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ... in 2010. References External links * * 1987 births Living people Croatian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Croatia Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics {{Croatia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon At The 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's Mass Start ...
The men's mass start competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 21, 2010. On October 26, 2020, it was announced that Evgeny Ustyugov was charged by the Biathlon Integrity Unit for haemoglobin doping and could lose his 2010 results. Results References External links 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's 15 km Mass Start from Vancouver 2010 official website; retrieved 2010-02-20. {{DEFAULTSORT:Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's mass start Mass start {{refimprove, date=February 2018 Mass start is a format of starting in some racing sports such as long-distance running in sport of athletics, speed skating, long-distance cross-country skiing and biathlon. There are usually many competitors in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon At The 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's Pursuit
The men's pursuit competition in biathlon at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 16, 2010. It was won by Swedish athlete Björn Ferry, after both Ferry and second place finisher Christoph Sumann of Austria successfully pursued and overtook the leader at the start of the race, France's Vincent Jay. Competition The pursuit takes place over a distance of . The start of the competition was marred by irregularities in how officials released athletes at the beginning of their runs. In pursuit competitions, athlete's start times are staggered by the differences in their times in a previous sprint, in this case the 10km sprint event held on February 14. Thus, officials need to release athletes to begin the event at exact times. Athletes in both the men's and women's pursuit competitions were started earlier and later than their appropriate times, resulting in a number of complaints from coaches and athletes. Officials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon At The 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's Individual ...
The men's individual competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 18, 2010. Two silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie. No bronze medal was awarded. Results See also * Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's individual References External links 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's 20 km Individual from https://web.archive.org/web/20091025194336/http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-17. {{DEFAULTSORT:Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's individual Individual An individual is that which exists as a distinct entity. Individuality (or self-hood) is the state or quality of being an individual; particularly (in the case of humans) of being a person unique from other people and possessing one's own Maslow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofija Novoselić
Sofija Novoselić (born January 18, 1990) is a Croatian alpine skier, member of the Croatian Alpine Ski Team. Her strongest discipline is slalom. Novoselić was born in Zagreb, at the time in SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. She debuted in Zagreb in 2006. Her best result so far in a FIS race was 10th place in slalom. In FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 were the 39th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 2–18 February in Åre, Sweden. Åre previously hosted the world championships in 1954, and often hosts late season World Cup events. The FIS ... she won 27th place in slalom. External links Sofija Novoselić on FIS 1990 births Croatian female alpine skiers Sportspeople from Zagreb Living people Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Croatia Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics 21st-century Croatian women {{Croatia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tea Palić
Tea Palić (born April 29, 1991) is a former Croatian alpine skier who competed in slalom and giant slalom. She competed for Croatia at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She finished 36th in the giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ..., her only event at the Olympics. References External links * * * 1991 births Living people Croatian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Croatia Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics {{Croatia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Jelušić Black
Ana Jelušić Black (born 28 December 1986) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Croatia. Born in Rijeka, at the time SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, Jelušić specialized in slalom and competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics at age 15, the youngest competitor at those games. On 4 January 2007, she was the runner-up in the World Cup slalom race (Snow Queen Trophy) at Sljeme mountain in Croatia, won by Marlies Schild of Austria. A month later at the 2007 World Championships in Sweden, Jelušić finished fourth in the women's slalom. She has stated that she admires and looks up to fellow countrywoman Janica Kostelić for inspiration, and hopes to follow in her footsteps. Jelušić sat out the entire 2012 season due to ongoing problems with asthma during the 2011 season. She announced her retirement from competition in April 2012 and became a media coordinator for FIS, focusing on men's alpine skiing. During her World Cup career, she attained two podiums and 17 top ten finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nika Fleiss
Nika Fleiss (born 14 December 1984) is a Croatian former alpine skier. Fleiss was born in Brežice, at the time SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia. She lives in Samobor. Having started skiing at the age of 3, her best results were in slalom. After several successful races in junior category, her first World Cup race was 27 October 2002 in Sölden. Fleiss represented Croatia in 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Her best World Cup result is 6th place in Lenzerheide Lenzerheide ( Romansh: ''Lai'') is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village lies in the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein. The vil ... (slalom) in 2005. She missed 2006/07 season because of injury. After the 2009/10 season she retired from the sport. References External links FIS profile of Nika Fleiss 1984 births Living people Croatian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing At The 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's Slalom
The women's slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia on February 26, 2010. The race was held in challenging weather conditions of fog, snow, and warm temperatures. Maria Riesch of Germany won her second gold medal of these Olympics. - ''Olympics: Riesch gets SL gold; Schleper stumbles, Vonn Out'' - 2010-02-26 Results References External links fro vancouver2010.com retrieved 2010-02 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing At The 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's Giant Slalom
The women's giant slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, on February 24. Following the first run, the event was postponed due to heavy fog in the afternoon; the second run was held the next morning, February 25. Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany won the gold medal, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. - results - Viktoria Rebensburg - accessed 2010-02-27 Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine Skiing At The 2010 Winter Olympics - Women's Giant Slalom[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matea Ferk
Matea Ferk (born 8 June 1987 in Rijeka) is a retired alpine skier from Croatia. She has competed for Croatia at both the 2006 and 2010 Olympics. Her best result in the Olympics was a 34th place in the slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ... in 2010. References External links * * * * 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Rijeka Croatian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Croatia Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics {{Croatia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
