Cene Prevc (born 12 March 1996) is a retired Slovenian

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Career

On 18 February 2013, Prevc won the individual event at the

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(EYOF) with a combined points of 261.0. With this victory Cene followed the path of his brother

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, who also won the EYOF individual event back in 2009. He made his

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debut in the 2013–14 season in

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. In 2022, he ended his ski jumping career to focus on studying.

Personal life

Prevc was born in

Kranj Kranj (, german: Krainburg) is the third-largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 37,941 (2020). It is located approximately northwest of Ljubljana. The centre of the City Municipality of Kranj and of the traditional region of Upper Carniol ...

to Božidar and Julijana Prevc; the family has since been living in the village of Dolenja Vas. He has two brothers and two sisters. Both his brothers,

and Domen, and one of his sisters, Nika, are also

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jumpers. His father, who owns a furniture business, is also an international ski jumping referee.

World Cup

Standings

Individual starts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prevc, Cene 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Kranj Slovenian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers of Slovenia Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Slovenia Olympic medalists in ski jumping Prevc family 21st-century Slovenian people