Snow Queen Trophy

Sljeme
File:Logo Snow Queen Trophy.jpg
Place:	Zagreb, Croatia
Mountain:	Medvednica (Sljeme)
Slalom
Start:	(AA)
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Snow Queen (Template:Langx) is a World Cup alpine ski race held in the hills of Zagreb, Croatia. The men's and women's slalom races take place on the Medvednica mountaintop Sljeme, just north of Zagreb, usually in early January. The women's race debuted in 2005 and the men's event was added three years later in 2008. The events are held on the red run ski track (Crveni spust) on Medvednica, starting at an elevation of and ending at . Besides the city events in Moscow and Munich, it is the only World Cup event held near a large metropolitan area.

Its current prize fund of €120,000 is one of the largest on the World Cup circuit, with a winner's share of €46,000. The race has been known to attract up to 25,000 spectators, making it one of the largest and the most visited races on the World Cup calendar. The trophy is a crystal crown with past winners' names imprinted on it. At the award ceremony, the winner is presented with a cloak and sits on a throne like a queen (king).

History

The race was originally called "Golden Bear" (Template:Langx), but from the 2006 event the name was changed in honor of Janica Kostelić, whose victories in the sport helped popularise skiing in Croatia and also paved the way for the race to be included in the premier competition for alpine skiing. Croatian skiers never finished better than second in the event. In the women's race, Janica Kostelić finished third in 2006, while Ana Jelušić finished second the following year. In the men's race Ivica Kostelić has four podium finishes, three second places and one third place. The all-time leader at Zagreb in women's event is Mikaela Shiffrin, with five wins and seven podium finishes. Marcel Hirscher has won five races in the men's event.

In 2013, Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest winner at the age of 17 years, 9 months, and 23 days. In 2014, the race was cancelled due to lack of snow. Shiffrin, reigning Olympic champion in slalom, defended her crown in 2015. The following year, both races were again cancelled due to lack of snow.

Results

Podium finishers in the slalom races.

Men's race

Season	Race date	Winner	Second	Third
2008	17 February 2008	Template:Flagicon Mario Matt	Template:Flagicon Ivica Kostelić	Template:Flagicon Reinfried Herbst
2009	6 January 2009	Template:Flagicon Jean-Baptiste Grange	Template:Flagicon Ivica Kostelić	Template:Flagicon Giuliano Razzoli
2010	6 January 2010	Template:Flagicon Giuliano Razzoli	Template:Flagicon Manfred Mölgg	Template:Flagicon Julien Lizeroux
2011	6 January 2011	Template:Flagicon André Myhrer	Template:Flagicon Ivica Kostelić	Template:Flagicon Mattias Hargin
2012	5 January 2012	Template:Flagicon Marcel Hirscher	Template:Flagicon Felix Neureuther	Template:Flagicon Ivica Kostelić
2013	6 January 2013	Template:Flagicon Marcel Hirscher (2)	Template:Flagicon André Myhrer	Template:Flagicon Mario Matt
2014	6 January 2014	Cancelled due to lack of snow
2015	6 January 2015	Template:Flagicon Marcel Hirscher (3)	Template:Flagicon Felix Neureuther	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Foss Solevåg
2016	6 January 2016	Cancelled due to lack of snow
2017	5 January 2017	Template:Flagicon Manfred Mölgg	Template:Flagicon Felix Neureuther	Template:FlagiconTemplate:Nnbsp Henrik Kristoffersen
2018	4 January 2018	Template:Flagicon Marcel Hirscher (4)	Template:Flagicon Michael Matt	Template:FlagiconTemplate:Nnbsp Henrik Kristoffersen
2019	6 January 2019	Template:Flagicon Marcel Hirscher (5)	Template:Flagicon Alexis Pinturault	Template:Flagicon Manuel Feller
2020	5 January 2020	Template:Flagicon Clément Noël	Template:Flagicon  Ramon Zenhäusern	Template:Flagicon Alex Vinatzer
2021	6 January 2021	Template:Flagicon Linus Straßer	Template:Flagicon Manuel Feller	Template:Flagicon Marco Schwarz
2022	6 January 2022	Cancelled in first run due to bad weather conditions
2023	Not included in schedule
2024
2025

Women's race

Season	Race date	Winner	Second	Third
2005	20 January 2005	Template:Flagicon Tanja Poutiainen	Template:Flagicon Kristina Koznick	Template:Flagicon Marlies Schild
2006	5 January 2006	Template:Flagicon Marlies Schild	Template:Flagicon Kathrin Zettel	Template:Flagicon Janica Kostelić
2007	4 January 2007	Template:Flagicon Marlies Schild (2)	Template:Flagicon Ana Jelušić	Template:Flagicon Šárka Záhrobská
2008	15 February 2008	Template:Flagicon Tanja Poutiainen (2)	Template:Flagicon Marlies Schild	Template:Flagicon Veronika Zuzulová
2009	4 January 2009	Template:Flagicon Maria Riesch	Template:Flagicon Nicole Gius	Template:Flagicon Šárka Záhrobská
2010	3 January 2010	Template:Flagicon Sandrine Aubert	Template:Flagicon Kathrin Zettel	Template:Flagicon Susanne Riesch
2011	4 January 2011	Template:Flagicon Marlies Schild (3)	Template:Flagicon Maria Riesch	Template:Flagicon Manuela Mölgg
2012	3 January 2012	Template:Flagicon Marlies Schild (4)	Template:Flagicon Tina Maze	Template:Flagicon Michaela Kirchgasser
2013	4 January 2013	Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin	Template:Flagicon Frida Hansdotter	Template:Flagicon Erin Mielzynski
2014	4 January 2014	Cancelled due to lack of snow
2015	4 January 2015	Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin (2)	Template:Flagicon Kathrin Zettel	Template:FlagiconTemplate:Nnbsp Nina Løseth
2016	5 January 2016	Cancelled due to lack of snow
2017	3 January 2017	Template:Flagicon Veronika Velez-Zuzulová	Template:Flagicon Petra Vlhová	Template:Flagicon Šárka Strachová
2018	3 January 2018	Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin (3)	Template:Flagicon  Wendy Holdener	Template:Flagicon Frida Hansdotter
2019	5 January 2019	Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin (4)	Template:Flagicon Petra Vlhová	Template:Flagicon  Wendy Holdener
2020	4 January 2020	Template:Flagicon Petra Vlhová	Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin	Template:Flagicon Katharina Liensberger
2021	3 January 2021	Template:Flagicon Petra Vlhová (2)	Template:Flagicon Katharina Liensberger	Template:Flagicon  Michelle Gisin
2022	4 January 2022	Template:Flagicon Petra Vlhová (3)	Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin	Template:Flagicon Katharina Liensberger
2023	4 January 2023	Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin (5)	Template:Flagicon Petra Vlhová	Template:Flagicon Anna Swenn-Larsson
	5 January 2023	Cancelled due to warm weather and wind
2024	Not included in schedule
2025

List of multiple podium finishers

Rank	Name	Country	Sex	Seasons	Template:Gold01	Template:Silver02	Template:Bronze03	Total
1			F	2012–	5	2	0	7
2			M	2008–2019	5	0	0	5
3			F	2002–2014	4	1	1	6
4			F	2013–	3	3	0	6
5			F	1998–2014	2	0	0	2
6			F	2001–2014	1	1	0	2
			M	2004–2022	1	1	0	2
			M	2004–2020	1	1	0	2
9			M	2000–2015	1	0	1	2
			M	2007–	1	0	1	2
			F	2002–2018	1	0	1	2
12			M	2001–2017	0	3	1	4
13			M	2004–2019	0	3	0	3
			F	2005–2015	0	3	0	3
15			F	2016–	0	1	2	3
16			M	2013–	0	1	1	2
			F	2007–2019	0	1	1	2
			F	2011–	0	1	1	2
19			F	2003–2017	0	0	3	3
20			M	2013–	0	0	2	2