Jurij Tepeš (born 14 February 1989) is a Slovenian former
ski jumper
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.
Career
Tepeš won a bronze medal at the
in
Oslo
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in the
team large hill event. In the
2010–11
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season he got his first podium in
World Cup
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team event with Slovenia. For the first time in his career he won individual in a Grand Prix competition in
Almaty
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, Kazakhstan.
At the
FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 in
Vikersund
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Overview
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, he won the bronze medal with Slovenia. In this competition, Tepeš jumped the Slovenian national record with . He won individual in a Grand Prix competition in Almaty for the second time in his career.
The
2012–13 was the most successful World Cup season in his career. In Vikersund he set his personal best jump with . His first individual podium came in
Harrachov
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Administrative divisio ...
in February 2013, where he finished third. He won his first individual World Cup event in
Planica
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in March 2013.
On 22 March 2015 in Planica, Tepeš became one of the few ski jumpers to achieve a "perfect jump", with all five judges giving him top style marks of 20.
Personal life
His father,
Miran Tepeš
Miran Tepeš (born 25 April 1961) is a Slovenes, Slovenian former ski jumping, ski jumper and current ski jumping official who competed for Yugoslavia and Slovenia from 1979 to 1992. He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the ...
, was also a ski jumper. He was also a technical delegate at the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup events. His sister
Anja used to compete in the Ladies' World Cup before her retirement in 2015.
World Cup
Standings
Wins
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Skiers from Ljubljana
Slovenian male ski jumpers
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic ski jumpers for Slovenia
21st-century Slovenian sportsmen