Veronika Šarec (born May 8, 1969 in

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) is a former alpine skier. In her career, Šarec won one Alpine Skiing World Cup

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race, with seven podiums altogether. Her only win was the

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Slalom in the 1989/90 season. Šarec represented Yugoslavia at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

and

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

and Slovenia at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

World cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 6 wins – (5 SL, 1 GS) * 13 podiums – (9 SL, 3 GS, 1 SG)

References

1969 births Living people Slovenian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Yugoslavia Olympic alpine skiers of Slovenia Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Skiers from Ljubljana {{Slovenia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub