Katja Koren Miklavec (born 6 August 1975) is a former

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. Born in

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, she won a bronze medal in the

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. She took her sole

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win at the age of 18 in a

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in December 1993, taking victory from a bib number of 66, a few days after Markus Foser had won at

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with the same start number. Koren was the first woman to take an Alpine Ski World Cup win for Slovenia, a couple of days after

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became the first man to win a World Cup race for Slovenia as an independent nation in

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. She retired from skiing in 1998, due to a spinal injury. Since 2008, she has been active in politics, and has run twice on the electoral lists of the

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World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 1 win (1 SG) * 5 podiums (4 SL, 1 SG)

Olympic Games results

World Championships results

References

1975 births Living people Slovenian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Slovenia Olympic bronze medalists for Slovenia Sportspeople from Maribor Slovenian Democratic Party politicians Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Slovenian sportsperson-politicians 21st-century Slovenian women politicians 21st-century Slovenian politicians {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub