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Ilka Štuhec (born 26 October 1990) is a Slovenian
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alpine ski racer, focusing on the speed events of downhill and
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. She was a three-time junior world champion in three different disciplines, and was the world champion in downhill in
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Career

At the 2007 World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships in Flachau, Austria, Štuhec won two gold medals in slalom and combined. The following year, she won another gold in downhill in Formigal, Spain. She made her
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debut in March 2007 at the age of 16 in
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, Switzerland. Štuhec gained her first World Cup victories in December
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, back-to-back wins in downhill at Lake Louise. She had consecutive wins two weeks later in
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, France, and won her fifth event of the 2017 season in late January in Italy. At the 2017 World Championships in February, she won the gold medal in downhill, 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
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and overall. Štuhec was sidelined for the entire 2017–18 season, including the
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in South Korea, due to a left knee injury ( ACL) in October 2017. She returned to the winner's circle with consecutive World Cup victories in Val Gardena in December
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, and successfully defended her World Championships title in downhill in February 2019. Two weeks later, a crash at
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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

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Race victories

* 11 wins – (7 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC)


World Championships results

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Olympic Games results

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References


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stuhec, Ilka 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 for Slovenia