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Franci Petek (born 15 June 1971) is a Slovenian former
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 ...
and geographer who represented Yugoslavia during his ski jumping career.


Career

At the
1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991 took place between 7 and 17 February 1991 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The women's 5 km was reintroduced after not being held in the previous championships. The men's 10 km was introduced in this championshi ...
in
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, Petek won a gold medal for
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
in the individual large hill. Petek's best finish at the
Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...
was 6th in the team large hill competition and 8th in the individual large hill at
Albertville Albertville (; Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. It is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. In 2018, the commune had ...
in
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. He also finished 22nd in the 1990 Ski Flying World Championships and his only other victory was in an individual large hill competition at
Engelberg , neighboring_municipalities = Attinghausen (UR), Gadmen (BE), Innertkirchen (BE), Isenthal (UR), Wassen (UR), Wolfenschiessen (NW) , twintowns= Engelberg (lit.: ''mountain of angel(s)'') is a village resort and a municipality in the canton ...
, Switzerland in 1990. He married Polona Kamenšek in 2000 and they have three children. Professionally he works as
geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" a ...
and together with
Petra Majdič Petra Majdič (born 22 December 1979) is a Slovenian former cross-country skier. Her best results came in classic style races. She won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty in sprint races, but she also won a marathon (30 km race) in Trondh ...
he is the co-ambassador of
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 d ...
.


World Cup


Standings


Wins


References

* 1971 births Living people Slovenian male ski jumpers Yugoslav male ski jumpers Slovenian geographers People from the Municipality of Kranjska Gora Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice Yugoslav geographers Universiade medalists in ski jumping Universiade silver medalists for Slovenia Competitors at the 1995 Winter Universiade {{Slovenia-skijumping-bio-stub