Elias Kolega (; born 23 May 1996) is a retired Croatian alpine ski racer, who competed primarily in slalom events. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, 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 ...

. He is the brother of fellow alpine skier

Samuel Kolega Samuel Kolega (; born 15 January 1999) is a Croatian alpine skier. He competed in giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , ope ...

. In April 2017 it was announced that the brothers would be coached by

Ante Kostelić Ante Kostelić (born 11 August 1938) is a Croatian former handball player, and handball and skier coach. He is best known for coaching his children, Croatian skiers Janica and Ivica Kostelić, who won the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, over ...

. In February 2020, he suffered an open leg fracture, went through surgery and rehabilitation only to be injured again in October of the same year. Due to his struggle with injuries, he stopped skiing in 2020, and in April 2022 retired from professional skiing.

World Cup results

Season standings

Results per discipline

* standings through 20 Mar 2022

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

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* 1996 births Croatian male alpine skiers Living people Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Croatia Skiers from Munich {{Croatia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub