Samuel Kolega (; born 15 January 1999) is a Croatian alpine skier. He competed in

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

at the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

. He is the brother of fellow alpine skier

Elias Kolega Elias Kolega (; born 23 May 1996) is a retired Croatian alpine ski racer, who competed primarily in slalom events. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the giant slalom. He is the brother of fellow alpine skie ...

. In April 2017 it was announced that the brothers would be coached by

Ante Kostelić Ante Kostelić (born 11 August 1938) is a Croatian former handball player, and handball and skier coach. He is best known for coaching his children, Croatian skiers Janica and Ivica Kostelić, who won the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, over ...

. In January 2021, he won World Cup points for the first time, finishing 15th in his home race at Sljeme. Samuel and his brother Elias are coached by Ivica Kostelić and his father Ante.

World Cup results

Season standings

*Standings through 26 February 2023

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* 1999 births Living people Croatian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Croatia Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics {{Croatia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub