Robert Kranjec

Robert Kranjec
Robert Kranjec
Country	Slovenia
Born	16 July 1981 (age 42); Ljubljana, SR Slovenia,; SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Personal best	244 m (801 ft); Vikersund, 25 February 2012
World Cup career
Seasons	1998; 2000–2016; 2018–2019
Starts	325
Podiums	27
Wins	7
Ski Flying titles	2 (2010, 2012)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships

Robert Kranjec (born 16 July 1981) is a Slovenian former ski jumper.

Career

He won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the Team Large Hill event. He belongs to the world's best active ski flying athletes. On 25 February 2012, he won the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 and thus became the Slovenia's third World Champion in ski jumping and the first in ski flying. He also set a new national record.^[1]

Kranjec was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia.^[2] His first victory in a World Cup competition was at Kuusamo, Finland in 2005. The following years he could not reach any top results except for ski flying competitions. In 2010 he celebrated his second World Cup victory at Tauplitz, Austria. After two more successful ski flying competitions at Tauplitz and Oberstdorf, in which he achieved the second place each time, he won the ski flying World Cup in the 2009–10 season.

In the 2011–12 season, Kranjec became the World Champion in ski flying and won the bronze medal in team competition at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012. In the same season, Kranjec won his second ski flying World Cup title.^[3]

He retired from ski jumping in March 2019.^[4]

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W5	P7	NT	JP
1997/98	—	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	—
1999/00	—	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	—
2000/01	—	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	N/A
2001/02	16	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	N/A
2002/03	17	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	15	N/A
2003/04	46	47	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	36	N/A
2004/05	45	58	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	32	N/A
2005/06	16	28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	N/A
2006/07	27	37	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	35	N/A
2007/08	25	28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	30	N/A
2008/09	23	31	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	12	N/A
2009/10	10	14		N/A	N/A	N/A	12	N/A
2010/11	18	21	8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2011/12	9	14		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2012/13	6	21		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013/14	11	28	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014/15	26	29	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16	13	42		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2017/18	49	—	27	—	—	20	N/A	N/A
2018/19	—	—	—	—	—	60	N/A	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2005/06	26 November 2005	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi HS142 (night)	LH
2	2009/10	9 January 2010	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS200	FH
3	2011/12	15 January 2012	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS200	FH
4	2011/12	16 March 2012	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215	FH
5	2012/13	27 January 2013	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225	FH
6	2015/16	12 February 2016	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225 (night)	FH
7	2015/16	18 March 2016	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225	FH

References

^ "Kranjec svetovni prvak v smučarskih poletih" [Kranjec Is the World Champion in Ski Flying]. Delo.si (in Slovenian). 25 February 2012.
^ "Dobitniki Bloudkovih priznanj za leto 2002" [Bloudek Award winner of 2002] (PDF). Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Slovenia (in Slovenian). 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
^ S. J.; Ž. K. (18 March 2012). "Kranjec s 100. slovenskimi stopničkami do malega globusa" [Kranjec with 100th podium finish for Slovenia to Crystal Globe] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
^ Lopatič, Jaka (20 March 2019). "Robert Kranjec se je odločil: Konec je! #video" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

External links

Robert Kranjec at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Robert Kranjec at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[1] "Kranjec svetovni prvak v smučarskih poletih" [Kranjec Is the World Champion in Ski Flying]. Delo.si (in Slovenian). 25 February 2012.

[birthplace-2] "Dobitniki Bloudkovih priznanj za leto 2002" [Bloudek Award winner of 2002] (PDF). Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Slovenia (in Slovenian). 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

[3] S. J.; Ž. K. (18 March 2012). "Kranjec s 100. slovenskimi stopničkami do malega globusa" [Kranjec with 100th podium finish for Slovenia to Crystal Globe] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

[4] Lopatič, Jaka (20 March 2019). "Robert Kranjec se je odločil: Konec je! #video" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

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