Andreja Mali (born November 17, 1977, in
Kamnik
Kamnik (; german: Stein''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 26–27. or ''Stein in Oberkrain'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is t ...
,
SFR Yugoslavia
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) is a former
Slovenian
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* Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia
* Slovenes
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biathlete
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and former
cross-country skier
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.
Career
Mali competes for the club TSK Jub Dob Pri Ljubljani and has been part of the Slovenian national biathlon team since 2000. The instructor in the army of
Kamnik
Kamnik (; german: Stein''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 26–27. or ''Stein in Oberkrain'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is t ...
made her
Biathlon World Cup
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debut in 2001. She was selected for the
2002 Winter Olympics
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in
Salt Lake City
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, where she placed 27th in sprint and 32nd in the pursuit race.
She reached the top 10 in the
2002–03 season, placing 8th in sprints in
Pokljuka
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The plateau is known for its forests, mountain pastures (Javornik, Lipanca, Uskovnica, Zajamniki, etc.), and w ...
and in
Oslo
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at
Holmenkollen
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. Her best result was a 4th place in the mass start race in
Antholz, which remains her best international placing.
Mali's top result in the
Biathlon World Championships
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was 14th place in the sprint at the
Biathlon World Championships 2004
The 39th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2004 in Oberhof, Germany.
Men's results
20 km individual
10 km sprint
12.5 km pursuit
15 km mass start
4 × 7.5 km relay
Women's results
15 km individual
7.5 km sprint
10 k ...
in
Oberhof, where she placed 14th in singles and 18th in the mass start was. Also ran very well the
Biathlon World Championships 2007
The 41st Biathlon World Championships were held in 2007 for the fourth time in Antholz/Anterselva, Italy from February 2 to February 11.
Schedule
Medal winners
Men
Women
Mixed
Medal summary
References
External links
Official websi ...
in
Antholz. Here it was 16th in the pursuit and 4th in the women's relay.
Mali competed in two more Olympic Games, in
2006 Winter Olympics
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in
Torino
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with a 21st place in the individual, and a 6th place in relay,
[ and at the ]2010 Winter Olympics
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in Vancouver
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where she finished 19th in the sprint.[
Mali originally competed in cross-country skiing, and for a time competed in both sports simultaneously. In that sport, she made her World Cup race debut in 1995, and was particularly successful in the sprint events, with her first World Cup top-10 placing in ]Milan
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in 1997. In December 1998 she managed three podium places in the sprint events, in Milan and Kitzbühel
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she came in second. Even after moving to the biathletes continue sporadically in Mali will start cross-country skiing World Cup. So they started, for example at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City in the sprint and placed 7th.[ On ]World Championships
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took her 1997
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in Trondheim
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1999
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in Ramsau, 2001
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in Lahti
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and 2003
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in Val di Fiemme 300px, Location of the Fiemme Valley in Trentino.
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- only in the last sprint - without much success in part. At the 2012 World Championships, Mali won the silver medal at the mixed relay, together with Teja Gregorin
Teja Gregorin (born 29 June 1980 in Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Slovenian biathlete.
Career
She was a member of the Slovenian biathlon team from 2002 to 2017, having been a cross-country skier before that. Her best result in the Bia ...
, Klemen Bauer
Klemen Bauer (born 9 January 1986 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian biathlete.
Bauer represented Slovenia at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, where he finished 4th in the sprint event. At the 2012 World Championships, Bauer won the silve ...
and Jakov Fak
Jakov Fak (born 1 August 1987) is a Croatian biathlete competing for Slovenia since 2010. As a member of the Croatian biathlon team, Fak won bronze medals at the 2009 World Championships and at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he was also the C ...
.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
:a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
* 3 podiums – (3 )
References
External links
IBU profile
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1977 births
Living people
People from Kamnik
Slovenian female biathletes
Olympic biathletes of Slovenia
Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Biathlon World Championships medalists
Slovenian female cross-country skiers