Jure Košir (; born 24 April 1972 is a former Slovenian

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Career

Košir's first international success was the title of the world junior champion in

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, won in

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in 1991. Later he focused in technical disciplines, esp. slalom and made quick progress, noticed also by his good friend,

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champion

Alberto Tomba Alberto Tomba Golden Collar of Sports Merit - Army Gold Cross of Merit (born 19 December 1966) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He was the dominant technical skier ( slalom and giant slalom) in the late 1980s and 1990s. At 1 ...

. The first peak of his career was achieved in the season 1993/94 when he achieved the first

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victory for independent

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, won the

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at the

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and finished the season at the 3rd place of the World Cup slalom standings. The next season, 1994/95, was successful as well. He couldn't beat Alberto Tomba but he won three World Cup medals:

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standings,

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in slalom and overall standings. The next few seasons were slightly less successful until he reached his second peak of his career in 1998/99 when he won two more slalom races (one of them was at his "home" resort in

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) and finished the season at the 2nd place of the World Cup slalom standings. After this season his career gradually went down so in 2005 he announced he would conclude his career after the 2005/06 season. He confirmed his retirement after the

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when he was not chosen to compete in slalom. Besides that he won additional 20 top 3

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s, 18 of them at slalom. Besides his achievements in sport, he has also engaged in musical activity in the mid-1990s, during the peak of his popularity. He recorded a few

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songs, one of them, "Včasih smučam hit, včasih pa počas" ("Sometimes I ski fast, sometimes I ski slowly"), being quite popular in Slovenia. He was also a member of a rap group, Pasji kartel ("Dog's cartel"). He officially ended his skiing career on 25 March 2006 with an event in

including special skiing competition between ski legends (

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and many others) and many music performances.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 3 wins (3 SL) * 20 podiums (18 SL, 2 GS)

Olympic Games results

World championships results

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kosir, Jure 1972 births Living people Slovenian male alpine skiers Slovenian rappers 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 Olympic bronze medalists for Slovenia Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics People from the Municipality of Kranjska Gora