Mateja Svet
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox alpine ski racer Mateja Svet ({{errorTemplate:Main other|Audio file "Sl-Mateja Svet.oga" not found}}Template:Category handler); born 16 August 1968) is a Slovenian former alpine skier, who competed for Yugoslavia from 1984 to 1990.
Biography
Svet was born in Ljubljana, Socialist Republic of Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Making her first appearance in the 1983/1984 season, she won the first Yugoslav female skiing victory in February 1986.
Svet won the World Cup giant slalom title in the 1987/1988 season, won silver medal in giant slalom in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary,[1] won three medals in 1987 World Championship in Crans-Montana (bronze in slalom and super-G, silver in giant slalom) and two medals in 1989 World Championship in Vail[2] – gold in slalom, later when the bronze Christelle Guignard was disqualified due to doping, also bronze in giant slalom. In her rather short career – she quit at the age of 21 due to disagreements with the Ski Association of Yugoslavia – she achieved seven World cup victories, 22 World Cup podiums and 54 World Cup top tens. From 1985 until 1990 she qualified no lower than 7th in the overall World Cup standings.
World Cup results
Season titles
| Season | Discipline |
|---|---|
| 1988 | Giant slalom |
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 15 | 86 | 40 | — | not awarded (w/ GS) |
— | — |
| 1985 | 16 | 31 | 30 | 18 | — | — | |
| 1986 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 16 | — | 30 |
| 1987 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 11 | — | — |
| 1988 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 10 | — | — |
| 1989 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 13 |
| 1990 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — |
Race podiums
- 7 wins (6 GS, 1 SL)
- 22 podiums (14 GS, 5 SL, 3 SG)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 13 March 1985 | Template:Flagicon Lake Placid, United States | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 1986 | 7 December 1985 | Template:Flagicon Sestriere, Italy | Super-G | 3rd |
| 26 January 1986 | Template:Flagicon Saint-Gervais, France | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 5 February 1986 | Template:Flagicon Val Zoldana, Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 8 February 1986 | Template:Flagicon Vysoke Tatry, Czechoslovakia | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 22 March 1986 | Template:Flagicon Bromont, Canada | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 1987 | 29 November 1986 | Template:Flagicon Park City, United States | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 5 January 1987 | Template:Flagicon Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 6 January 1987 | Super-G | 3rd | ||
| 11 January 1987 | Template:Flagicon Mellau, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 1988 | 26 November 1987 | Template:Flagicon Sestriere, Italy | Slalom | 2nd |
| 28 November 1987 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 30 January 1988 | Template:Flagicon Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 31 January 1988 | Slalom | 1st | ||
| 23 March 1988 | Template:Flagicon Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 1989 | 18 December 1988 | Template:Flagicon Val Zoldana, Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 8 January 1989 | Template:Flagicon Mellau, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 4 March 1989 | Template:Flagicon Furano, Japan | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 8 March 1989 | Template:Flagicon Shigakogen, Japan | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 1990 | 20 January 1990 | Template:Flagicon Maribor, Yugoslavia | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 5 February 1990 | Template:Flagicon Veysonnaz, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 14 March 1990 | Template:Flagicon Klövsjö, Sweden | Giant slalom | 3rd |
Olympic Games results
| Season | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 15 | 15 | — | not run | — | not run |
| 1988 | 19 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — |
World Championships results
| Season | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 16 | — | 13 | not run | — | — |
| 1987 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| 1989 | 20 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 4 |
References
External links
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Skiers from Ljubljana
- Slovenian female alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers for Yugoslavia
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia
- Yugoslav female alpine skiers
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
- Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics