Žan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

alpine ski racer from

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, and primarily competes in the technical events of

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

and slalom. At the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...

, Kranjec won a silver medal in the

Career

Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Kranjska Gora Kranjska Gora (; ) is a town in northwestern Slovenia, on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region, close to the Austrian and Italy, Italian borders. It is the seat of the Municipality of Kranjska Gora. The tripoint between Austria, It ...

. He represented Slovenia at the

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and was 22nd in

. A week later at the Junior World Championships in

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, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

, Kranjec placed fourth in the

. In December

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, he gained his first World Cup win in Saalbach, Through December 2023, Kranjec has two World Cup wins and thirteen podiums. At the

, Kranjec was eighth after the first run of the

, then was the fastest in the second run to win the silver medal, runner-up to

Marco Odermatt Marco Odermatt (born 8 October 1997) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who races in giant slalom, super-G and downhill. He is considered the most complete alpine ski racer of his generation. In addition to the World Cup, Odermatt has comp ...

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 2 wins – (2 GS) * 15 podiums – (15 GS), 47 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

* * * * ' {{DEFAULTSORT:Kranjec, Zan 1992 births Living people Skiers from Ljubljana Slovenian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Slovenia Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Slovenia Olympic medalists in alpine skiing