Katja Koren
Slovenian alpine skier (born 1975)
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Katja Koren Miklavec (born 6 August 1975[1]) is a former Slovenian alpine skier.
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| Born | 6 August 1975 | |||||||||||
| Skiing career | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Alpine skiing | |||||||||||
| Retired | 1998 | |||||||||||
| Disciplines | Polyvalent | |||||||||||
World Cup debut | 1993 | |||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 | |||||||||||
| Medals | 1 | |||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 | |||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||
| Seasons | 6 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Born in Maribor, she won a bronze medal in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. She took her sole World Cup win at the age of 18 in a Super-G in Flachau in December 1993, taking victory from a bib number of 66, a few days after Markus Foser had won at Val Gardena with the same start number. Koren was the first woman to take an Alpine Ski World Cup win for Slovenia, a couple of days after Jure Košir became the first man to win a World Cup race for Slovenia as an independent nation in Madonna di Campiglio.[2]
She retired from skiing in 1998, due to a spinal injury.
Since 2008, she has been active in politics, and has run twice on the electoral lists of the Slovenian Democratic Party.
World Cup results
Season standings
Race podiums
- 1 win (1 SG)
- 5 podiums (4 SL, 1 SG)
