Ilka Štuhec (born 26 October 1990) is a Slovenian
World Cup
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alpine ski racer, focusing on the speed events of
downhill and
super-G
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. She was a three-time junior world champion in three different disciplines, and was the
world champion
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in downhill in
2017
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and
2019
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.
Career
At the
Junior World Championships in
2007
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, Štuhec won two gold medals (
slalom
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* Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Super-G ...
and
combined) in
Flachau, Austria. The
following year she won another gold, in the
downhill in
Formigal
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, Spain. She made her World Cup debut at age 16 in March 2007 in
Lenzerheide
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The ...
, Switzerland.
Štuhec gained her first World Cup victories in December
2016
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, back-to-back wins in the downhill in Canada at
Lake Louise. She had consecutive wins two weeks later in
Val d'Isère
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, France, and won her fifth event of the 2017 season in late January in Italy. At the
World Championships
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at
St. Moritz, she won the gold medal in
downhill in mid-February, and clinched the World Cup season title in combined two weeks later. At the finals in mid-March she secured another title in downhill, and was the runner-up for the season in super-G and overall.
In October 2017, an injury to her left knee (
ACL) kept Štuhec out of the
entire season, including the
2018 Winter Olympics
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in South Korea.
She returned to the winner's circle with World Cup victories on consecutive days at
Val Gardena
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in December
2018
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,
[ and successfully defended her world championship title in downhill in February 2019.]Crans-Montana
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...
injured the same knee ( PCL); it was reported that she would recover without surgery.
World Cup results
Season titles
* 2 titles – (1 combined, 1 downhill)
Season standings
:
Race victories
* 9 wins – (5 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC)
World Championship results
:
Olympic Games results
:
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Slovenj Gradec
Slovenian female alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers of Slovenia