Anže Lanišek (born 20 April 1996) is a Slovenian

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Career

Lanišek made his

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debut in

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on 21 March 2014, where he finished in 34th place. He achieved his first World Cup victory on 28 November 2021 in

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, Finland. Lanišek won gold with the Slovenia national team in the team event at the

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. He also won bronze in the individual normal hill event at the

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Major tournament results

Winter Olympics

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

World Cup

Standings

Individual wins

Individual starts

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lanisek, Anze 1996 births Living people Skiers from Ljubljana Slovenian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Slovenia Ski jumpers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Slovenia FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen European Games bronze medalists for Slovenia European Games medalists in ski jumping Ski jumpers at the 2023 European Games