Natko Zrnčić-Dim (; born 7 March 1986) is a
Croatian alpine ski coach and retired
World Cup
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skier. He won a bronze medal in
super combined
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at the
World Championships
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in
2009
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at
Val-d'Isère
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, France,
and is a member of SK
Medveščak.
Born in
Zagreb
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,
SR Croatia
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,
SFR Yugoslavia
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, Zrnčić-Dim's best World Cup result is second place in a
super combined
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, achieved on 30 January 2011 in
Chamonix
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, France. Compatriot
Ivica Kostelić
Ivica Kostelić (; born 23 November 1979) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Croatia. He specialized in slalom and combined, but was also one of the few alpine World Cup ski racers able to score points in all disciplines. He is the br ...
won that race, his seventh of the month, and marked the first time that Croatians finished first and second in a World Cup race.
Zrnčić-Dim incurred shoulder injury in a
super-G
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at
Beaver Creek in early December 2012, which ended his
2013 season.
Through mid-January 2014, he has five World Cup podiums, all in combined events. He is one of rare downhill specialists who was able to qualify into second run of slalom. He has done it three times; all were in Wengen, having best result of 18th place in 2010.
In 2019 he announced his retirement from active competing, due to unsuccessful comeback after injury in November 2016. His last World Cup race was a combined in
Bansko
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on 22 February 2019. Since the start of 2019/20 season, he coaches
Rea Hraski to prepare for the
2019 Winter Deaflympics.
World Cup results
Season standings
Race podiums
* 5 podiums – 5
AC ''(4 SC, 1 K)''
Results per discipline
* standings through 25 Nov 2018
World Championship results
Olympic results
References
External links
*
Natko Zrnčić-DimWorld Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
*
*
Croatian Ski Team– official site '
Atomic Skis– athletes – Natko Zrnčić-Dim
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1986 births
Croatian male alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers of Croatia
Sportspeople from Zagreb
Living people