Zrinka Ljutić

Zrinka Ljutić
Ljutić in 2024
Personal information
Born (2004-01-26) 26 January 2004 (age 22)
Zagreb, Croatia
OccupationAlpine skier
Sport
Country Croatia
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom, giant slalom
ClubHSK Žuti mačak
World Cup debut29 December 2020 (age 16)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2022, 2026)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2023, 2025)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons6 – (2021–2026)
Wins3 – (3 SL)
Podiums10 – (8 SL, 2 GS)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2025)
Discipline titles1 – (SL, 2025)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Croatia
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Panorama Slalom
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Panorama Giant slalom

Zrinka Ljutić (born 26 January 2004) is a Croatian World Cup alpine ski racer who specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She made her World Cup debut at age 16 in December 2020 and competed at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.[1]

In the 2022 World Cup season, Ljutić earned her first World Cup points and finished thirtieth in the slalom standings.[2] Ljutić achieved a breakthrough in the 2025 season, scoring her first World Cup win in a slalom in Semmering in December 2024 before taking two more victories and going on to be crowned World Cup slalom champion.[3]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season Discipline
2025 Slalom

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom 		Super-G Downhill Parallel
2022 18 81 30 — — — —
2023 19 41 12 40 — — N/a
2024 20 13 8 10 — —
2025 21 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 — —
2026 22 23 21 9 — —
Standings through 1 March 2025

Race podiums

  • 3 wins – (3 SL)
  • 10 podiums – (8 SL, 2 GS); 35 top tens (22 SL, 13 GS)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2023 29 January 2023 Czech Republic Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic Slalom 3rd
2024 21 January 2024 Slovakia Jasná, Slovakia Slalom 2nd
11 February 2024 Andorra Soldeu, Andorra Slalom 2nd
10 March 2024 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom 2nd
2025 30 November 2024 United States Killington, USA Giant slalom 2nd
29 December 2024 Austria Semmering, Austria Slalom 1st
5 January 2025 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 1st
30 January 2025 France Courchevel, France Slalom 1st
23 February 2025 Italy Sestriere, Italy Slalom 2nd
2026 6 December 2025 Canada Tremblant, Canada Giant slalom 2nd

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined 		Parallel Team
 event 
2023 19 DNF2 17 — — — N/a — —
2025 21 9 8 — — N/a — N/a —

Olympic Games

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined 		Team
 event 
2022 18 25 28 — — — N/a —
2026 22 26 17 — — N/a — N/a

Personal life

Her mother, Martina, is from Varaždin, while her father, Amir, was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[4][5] She is Roman Catholic.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Zrinka Ljutić". Olymedia. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  2. ^ "LJUTIC Zrinka - Athlete Information". FIS-ski.com. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  3. ^ "Ljutic grabs glorious debut Slalom Globe as Shiffrin clocks win 101". fis-ski.com. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  4. ^ Kušter, Filip (2025-01-04). "Zrinka Ljutić ima veliku potporu u mami i baki, Varaždinkama koje prate njene nastupe". Varazdinski.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  5. ^ "Tko je Zrinka Ljutić? Njezin otac je bivši Dinamovac, Janica joj je uzor, a Marin Čilić ima važnu ulogu u njenom uspjehu". story.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  6. ^ "Pitali smo poznate Hrvate vjernike što misle o papi Franji, ovo su njihovi odgovori". bitno.net (in Croatian). 25 April 2024.
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