Šporn began his career as a competitor in slalom, though he had always shown great talent in both fast disciplines – the downhill and Super-G – and is also good in giant slalom. He was a successful competitor from an early age, having won competitions in his native Slovenia in the junior category. He did very well at the Junior World Ski Championship and finished in the top ten in slalom as well as downhill. In the 2003/04 season, he shined in the European Cup in which he won finished 4th in the slalom standings. One of his early successes at that level was the slalom win at the Universiade in Zakopane, Poland, in February 2001.
After having had mainly focused on slalom, after the super combination had been introduced as a new discipline, he started to compete in downhill, too. Good results convinced him to start training fast disciplines as main ones and he had help of top trainers with that.
His debut in the Ski World Cup was in a slalom race at Beaver Creek in 2004 in which was he finished 8th. place. In 2006, his best results were 6th place in the classic alpine combination in Kitzbuhel and also 6th place in the super alpine combination in Chamonix. He also had a good season in downhill, finishing 2nd in Kitzbuhel, 5th in Kvitfjell and 6th in Bormio.
Šporn participated at two Winter Olympics, in Torino in 2006 and in Vancouver in 2010, but did not achieve any remarkable results.
In 2011, at the Ski World Championship in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he achieved great success by finishing 6th in the downhill race.
Following an injury in 2017, Šporn announced his retirement from competitive sport.[2]
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andrej, Šporn, born, december, 1981, kranjska, gora, former, slovenian, alpine, skier, Šporn, 2010personal, informationborn, 1981, december, 1981, kranjska, gora, sloveniaoccupationalpine, skierheight1, skiing, careerdisciplinesdownhill, super, combinedclubkrg. Andrej Sporn born 1 December 1981 in Kranjska Gora is a former Slovenian alpine skier 1 Andrej SpornSporn in 2010Personal informationBorn 1981 12 01 1 December 1981 age 42 Kranjska Gora SloveniaOccupationAlpine skierHeight1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Skiing careerDisciplinesDownhill Super G CombinedClubKRG ASK Kranjska GoraWorld Cup debut10 December 2001World CupSeasons9Podiums1Sporn began his career as a competitor in slalom though he had always shown great talent in both fast disciplines the downhill and Super G and is also good in giant slalom He was a successful competitor from an early age having won competitions in his native Slovenia in the junior category He did very well at the Junior World Ski Championship and finished in the top ten in slalom as well as downhill In the 2003 04 season he shined in the European Cup in which he won finished 4th in the slalom standings One of his early successes at that level was the slalom win at the Universiade in Zakopane Poland in February 2001 After having had mainly focused on slalom after the super combination had been introduced as a new discipline he started to compete in downhill too Good results convinced him to start training fast disciplines as main ones and he had help of top trainers with that His debut in the Ski World Cup was in a slalom race at Beaver Creek in 2004 in which was he finished 8th place In 2006 his best results were 6th place in the classic alpine combination in Kitzbuhel and also 6th place in the super alpine combination in Chamonix He also had a good season in downhill finishing 2nd in Kitzbuhel 5th in Kvitfjell and 6th in Bormio Sporn participated at two Winter Olympics in Torino in 2006 and in Vancouver in 2010 but did not achieve any remarkable results In 2011 at the Ski World Championship in Garmisch Partenkirchen he achieved great success by finishing 6th in the downhill race Following an injury in 2017 Sporn announced his retirement from competitive sport 2 Contents 1 World Cup results 1 1 Season standings 1 2 Race podiums 2 See also 3 ReferencesWorld Cup results editSeason standings edit Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super G Downhill Combined2004 22 77 45 92005 23 89 35 2006 24 52 56 82007 25 101 30 392008 26 102 51 61 342009 27 102 48 41 362010 28 31 35 10 322011 29 38 24 13 2012 30 53 46 21 2013 31 61 44 23 2014 32 120 46 2015 33 2016 34 107 40 Race podiums edit Season Date Location Discipline Position2010 23 January 2010 nbsp Kitzbuhel Austria Downhill 2ndSee also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrej Sporn Races of Andrej Sporn in Alpine world cup skiing Races of Andrej Sporn on YoutubeReferences edit FIS Ski biographie fis ski com Archived from the original on 1 December 2011 Sporn koncal kariero poslovil se bo v Kranjski Gori Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrej Sporn amp oldid 1156323069, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
