Gloria Kotnik (born 1 June 1989) is a Slovenian snowboarder. She competed at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

, where she finished 27th in parallel giant slalom. At the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, she finished 24th in parallel giant slalom. At the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

, she won a bronze medal in the women's parallel giant slalom event. This was also her first podium in career as her best results in World Cup competition prior to the 2022 Olympics were three fourth places.

Winter Olympics results

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

Personal life

Kotnik studied management at

University of Primorska University of Primorska (Slovenian ''Univerza na Primorskem'', Italian ''Università del Litorale'') is by age and size the third university in Slovenia. It is located in Koper, Izola, and Portorož and is named for the Slovenian Littoral region ...

. In March 2020, she decided to take a break from competitive sport due to

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and to focus on family. She gave birth to her son Maj in January 2021, and returned to competing in December 2021.

References

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