Žan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992)[1] is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia, and primarily competes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kranjec won a silver medal in the giant slalom.
Career
Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom.[1]
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018, he gained his first World Cup win in Saalbach, Austria.[2] Through December 2023, Kranjec has two World Cup wins and thirteen podiums.[1]
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kranjec was eighth after the first run of the giant slalom, then was the fastest in the second run to win the silver medal, runner-up to Marco Odermatt.[3]
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | ||||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| 2011 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2013 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2014 | 21 | 129 | — | 46 | — | — | — | |
| 2015 | 22 | 121 | — | 37 | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | 23 | 79 | — | 26 | — | — | — | |
| 2017 | 24 | 49 | 61 | 14 | — | — | — | |
| 2018 | 25 | 33 | — | 6 | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | 26 | 22 | 34 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| 2020 | 27 | 16 | 48 | 4 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 2021 | 28 | 32 | — | 7 | — | — | — | 25 |
| 2022 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 11 | — | — | 10 | |
| 2023 | 30 | 11 | — | 3 | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | 31 | 19 | — | 5 | — | — | ||
| 2025 | 32 | 16 | — | 4 | — | — |
- Standings through 30 December 2024
Race podiums
- 2 wins – (2 GS)
- 15 podiums – (15 GS), 47 top tens
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2018 | 17 Dec 2017 |  Alta Badia, Italy |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2019 | 19 Dec 2018 |  Saalbach, Austria |
Giant slalom | 1st |
| 16 Mar 2019 |  Soldeu, Andorra |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2020 | 27 Oct 2019 | Sölden, Austria |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 22 Dec 2019 | Alta Badia, Italy |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 11 Jan 2020 |  Adelboden, Switzerland |
Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 2021 | 5 Dec 2020 | Santa Caterina, Italy |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 2022 | 24 Oct 2021 | Sölden, Austria |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2023 | 23 Oct 2022 | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 10 Dec 2022 |  Val d'Isère, France |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 19 Dec 2022 | Alta Badia, Italy |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2024 | 17 Dec 2023 | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 18 Dec 2023 | Giant slalom | 3rd | ||
| 23 Jan 2024 | Schladming, Austria |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2025 | 8 Dec 2024 |  Beaver Creek, United States |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
World Championship results
| Year | ||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | Team | |
| 2013 | 20 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 22 | 32 | DNF1 | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | 24 | DNS2 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | 26 | 17 | 5 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2021 | 28 | — | 6 | — | — | — | 10 | — |
| 2023 | 30 | DNF1 | 6 | — | — | — | 4 | — |
Olympic results
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2014 | 21 | DNF1 | 23 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 25 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 29 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
References
- ^ a b c "KRANJEC Zan - Biographie". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
- ^ "Zan Kranjec gives Slovenian men 1st World Cup win in GS". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 December 2018.
- ^ Evans, Simon (13 February 2022). "Alpine skiing – Kranjec gets silver reward after near misses". Reuters. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
External links
- Žan Kranjec at FIS (alpine)
- Žan Kranjec at Olympics.com
- Žan Kranjec at Olympedia
- Žan Kranjec at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Žan Kranjec at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Official website (in English)
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