Špela Pretnar (born 5 March 1973) is a Slovenian former

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. In her career, Pretnar won six races in

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races, with 13 podiums altogether. In the 1999–2000 season, she won a small crystal globe in slalom. Pretnar was named Slovenian sportswoman of the year in 2000. Pretnar represented Slovenia at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

. Pretnar was a sports reporter at a Slovenian commercial TV station

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. She has a son named Mak Rebolj (born October 2010).

World Cup results

Season titles

Season standings

Race podiums

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pretnar, Spela 1973 births Living people Slovenian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Slovenia Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Bled FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions