Miran Tepeš (born 25 April 1961) is a Slovenian former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

and current ski jumping official who competed for

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

and

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

from 1979 to 1992. He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m ...

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. He finished fourth in the normal hill individual competition, and tenth in the large hill competition. His best finish in

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internationa ...

competitions was second place (a total of seven times between 1985 and 1990). After retiring, Tepeš started working as a FIS competition official. His son Jurij Tepeš and daughter

Anja Tepeš Anja Tepeš (born 27 February 1991) is a retired Slovenian ski jumping, ski jumper. She made her FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup debut on 3 December 2011 in Lillehammer, Norway. Anja is the daughter of Miran Tepeš and the sister of Jurij ...

were also ski jumpers. Miran Tepeš is also a passionate sailor, who has circumnavigated the world three times with his own sailing boat "Skokica". His first trip around the world was between the years 2006 and 2008, his second trip (including

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) started in 2010 and was completed in autumn 2012. The third trip (which included Iceland, Greenland, Tasmania, South Africa, and Amazonia) started in 2014 and ended in 2018. In 2023, he sailed through the Northwest Passage through the Arctic from Greenland to Pacific.

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* . SLO nationality * 1961 births Living people Yugoslav male ski jumpers Slovenian male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Skiers from Ljubljana {{Slovenia-skijumping-bio-stub