Goran Janus (born 27 March 1970) is a

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n and later

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n 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 ...

. Since 2011 he was the head coach of the Slovenian national ski jumping team. He was replaced in January 2019 by Gorazd Bertoncelj. He is of Serbian descent through his father.

Career

Debut (1989)

He made a world cup debut on 16 December 1989 in

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with 24th place. He performed on the 38th edition of

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament (german: link=no, Vierschanzentournee) or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week (german: link=no, Deutsch-Österreichische Skisprung-Woche) is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in ...

and ended on 74th place in final standings.

Nordic world championships (1991)

He performed on

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. He took 22nd on large and 46th place on normal hill. It was his first and last Nordic world championships performance.

Ski flying world championships (1992)

He performed on

FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1992 The 1992 FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships took place on 21–22 March 1992 at Čerťák in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia for the second time. Harrachov previously hosted the event in 1983. It is the first Ski Flying World Championships in which ...

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where he took 26th place. It was his first and last Ski flying world championships performance.

National record (1997)

Five years since last world cup start he made the last jump of his career where he unexpectedly set the Slovenian national record on 23 March 1997 in

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. For those days he landed at time a sensational 205.5 m (674 ft) as a V-jumper. After this the highlight of his ski jumping career jump he became widely recognized in

. He hold the national record for three years when it was broken by

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again in

World Cup

Standings

Individual starts (32)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Janus, Goran Living people Slovenian ski jumping coaches Slovenian male ski jumpers 1970 births Skiers from Ljubljana Slovenian people of Serbian descent