Primož Peterka

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Infobox skier

Primož Peterka (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a Slovenian former ski jumper who competed from 1996 to 2011. He is one of the most successful athletes from Slovenia, having won fifteen individual World Cup competitions, two consecutive overall World Cup titles, a Ski Flying World Cup title, and the Four Hills Tournament.

Career

Peterka started ski jumping on a small hill (with a K-point at around 20 metres) near his hometown of Moravče, a small town about 30 km northeast from Ljubljana. He later joined the Triglav ski club in Kranj.

1995–1996

Peterka made his World Cup debut on 4 January 1996. Due to the poor performance of Slovenian competitors at the time, Peterka was brought in as a replacement for the Four Hills Tournament event in Innsbruck, where he finished eighth. Peterka continued his good form, winning the competitions in Zakopane and Falun, and finished the season tenth overall. He also finished second behind Michael Uhrmann at the 1996 Junior World Championships.

1996–1997

File:Primož Peterka in Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1997.jpg
Peterka in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1997

The 1996–97 season was a great success for Peterka. He won seven individual World Cup competitions and won both the overall World Cup title and the Four Hills Tournament. He also finished first in the ski flying standings. On 9 February 1997, Peterka became the first Slovenian to record a jump over 200 metres, landing at 203 metres in Kulm.[1]

1997–1998

File:Peterka at Holmenkollen 1998.jpg
Peterka in Oslo, 1998

In the 1997–98 season, Peterka won four individual competitions and a second consecutive World Cup title, defeating Kazuyoshi Funaki in the final competition of the season. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Peterka claimed fifth place in the individual large hill competition and sixth in the individual normal hill competition.

Later career

In the 2001–02 World Cup season, Peterka returned to the ski jumping elite. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he won the bronze team medal. The 2002–03 season was also successful, with Peterka winning two individual events (Kuusamo and Garmisch-Partenkirchen) and finishing the season seventh overall.

From 2004 onwards, Peterka never finished in the top 10 in an individual World Cup event. However, at the 2005 World Championships in Oberstdorf he won another bronze team medal for Slovenia, together with Jure Bogataj, Rok Benkovič and Jernej Damjan. This made Peterka the first Slovenian ski jumper to win medals both at the Olympics and at the World Championships. After the 2010–11 season, Peterka officially retired from competitive ski jumping.[2]

Personal life

Peterka was born in Prikrnica, near Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia).

His younger brother Uroš was also a ski jumper.[3]

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF NT JP
1995–96 10 38 — N/A 9
1996–97 Template:Gold1 Template:Gold1 Template:Gold1 6 Template:Silver2
1997–98 Template:Gold1 22 Template:Bronze3 10 Template:Gold1
1998–99 27 28 20 33 31
1999–00 67 51 — — 66
2000–01 — — — — N/A
2001–02 25 13 N/A 14 N/A
2002–03 7 5 N/A 27 N/A
2003–04 45 28 N/A 33 N/A
2004–05 34 38 N/A 23 N/A
2005–06 32 21 N/A 33 N/A
2006–07 81 — N/A — N/A
2007–08 40 — N/A 39 N/A
2008–09 47 45 — — N/A

Individual wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1995–96 27 January 1996   Template:Flagicon Zakopane Wielka Krokiew K116 LH
2 13 March 1996   Template:Flagicon Falun Lugnet K90 NH
3 1996–97 8 December 1996   Template:Flagicon Kuusamo Rukatunturi K120 LH
4 15 December 1996   Template:Flagicon Harrachov Čerťák K120 LH
5 1 January 1997   Template:Flagicon Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K115 LH
6 11 January 1997   Template:Flagicon Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 LH
7 12 January 1997   Template:Flagicon Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 LH
8 9 February 1997   Template:Flagicon Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf Kulm K185 FH
9 13 March 1997   Template:Flagicon Falun Lugnet K115 LH
10 1997–98 18 January 1998   Template:Flagicon Zakopane Wielka Krokiew K116 LH
11 8 March 1998   Template:Flagicon Lahti Salpausselkä K116 LH
12 11 March 1998   Template:Flagicon Falun Lugnet K115 LH
13 15 March 1998   Template:Flagicon Oslo Holmenkollbakken K112 LH
14 2002–03 29 November 2002   Template:Flagicon Kuusamo Rukatunturi K120 LH
15 1 January 2003   Template:Flagicon Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K115 LH

In popular culture

Three sports documentary films have been made about his life and career.[4] The first is called Vleci, Primož (Template:Langx) and was directed by Beno Hvala in 1997, detailing the story of Peterka's early career. The second, Peterka: leto odločitve (Template:Langx), was directed by Vlado Škafar in 2003 and focuses on Peterka's personal crisis and his struggle to find his way back to the top.[5] The third was made in 2011 by RTV Slovenija, called Skoki so moje življenje (Template:Langx), directed by Tomaž Kovšca and starring Aleš Potočnik and Polona Bertoncelj.[6]

References

Template:Reflist

External links

Template:Sister project

Template:S-sportsTemplate:S-before
Flagbearer for Script error: No such module "flag".
Nagano 1998 Template:S-ttl/check

Template:S-after Template:S-end

Template:Slovenian Sportsman of the Year Template:Footer Ski Jumping World Cup Champions Template:Four Hills Tournament winners Template:Moravče Template:Authority control

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Primož_Peterka&oldid=474740"