Anže Lanišek (born 20 April 1996) is a Slovenian
ski jumper
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...
.
Career
In March 2014, Lanišek set an unofficial hill record of
Bloudkova velikanka
Bloudkova velikanka ("Bloudek Giant"), also Bloudek-Rožmanova velikanka, is a large ski jumping hill in Planica, Slovenia, originally opened in 1934. In 2001 the hill collapsed and was completely rebuilt in 2012. A new normal hill (HS102) was als ...
with , achieved during the Slovenian Nordic combined national championships in
Planica
Planica () is an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. Further south, the valley extends into the Tamar Valley, a popular hiking ...
.
He made his
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
debut in Planica on 21 March 2014. Lanišek achieved his first World Cup victory on 28 November 2021 in
Kuusamo, Finland.
Major tournament results
Winter Olympics
FIS World Nordic Ski Championships
World Cup
Standings
Individual wins
Individual starts
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Skiers from Ljubljana
Slovenian male ski jumpers
Olympic ski jumpers of Slovenia
Ski jumpers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Youth Olympic gold medalists for Slovenia
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
21st-century Slovenian people