Košir's first international success was the title of the world junior champion in super G, won in Hemsedal in 1991. Later he focused in technical disciplines, esp. slalom and made quick progress, noticed also by his good friend, Italian champion Alberto Tomba. The first peak of his career was achieved in the season 1993/94 when he achieved the first World Cup victory for independent Slovenia, won the bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and finished the season at the 3rd place of the World Cup slalom standings.
The next season, 1994/95, was successful as well. He couldn't beat Alberto Tomba but he won three World Cup medals: silver in giant slalom standings, bronze in slalom and overall standings.
The next few seasons were slightly less successful until he reached his second peak of his career in 1998/99 when he won two more slalom races (one of them was at his "home" resort in Kranjska Gora) and finished the season at the 2nd place of the World Cup slalom standings. After this season his career gradually went down so in 2005 he announced he would conclude his career after the 2005/06 season. He confirmed his retirement after the 2006 Winter Olympics when he was not chosen to compete in slalom.
Besides that he won additional 20 top 3 podiums, 18 of them at slalom.
Besides his achievements in sport, he has also engaged in musical activity in the mid-1990s, during the peak of his popularity. He recorded a few rap songs, one of them, "Včasih smučam hit, včasih pa počas" ("Sometimes I ski fast, sometimes I ski slowly"), being quite popular in Slovenia. He was also a member of a rap group, Pasji kartel ("Dog's cartel").
jure, košir, pronunciation, help, info, born, april, 1972, former, slovenian, alpine, skier, alpine, skierdisciplinesgiant, slalom, slalomclubask, kranjska, goraborn, 1972, april, 1972, jesenice, yugoslaviaworld, debut24, november, 1991retired25, march, 20olym. Jure Kosir pronunciation help info born 24 April 1972 is a former Slovenian alpine skier Jure KosirAlpine skierDisciplinesGiant slalom SlalomClubASK Kranjska GoraBorn 1972 04 24 24 April 1972 age 50 Jesenice SFR YugoslaviaWorld Cup debut24 November 1991Retired25 March 20OlympicsMedals1 0 gold World ChampionshipsMedals0 0 gold World CupSeasons15Wins3Podiums20Overall titles0Discipline titles0Medal record Men s alpine skiingRepresenting SloveniaOlympic Games1994 Lillehammer Slalom Contents 1 Career 2 World Cup results 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Race podiums 3 Olympic Games results 4 World Championships results 5 External linksCareer EditKosir s first international success was the title of the world junior champion in super G won in Hemsedal in 1991 Later he focused in technical disciplines esp slalom and made quick progress noticed also by his good friend Italian champion Alberto Tomba The first peak of his career was achieved in the season 1993 94 when he achieved the first World Cup victory for independent Slovenia won the bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and finished the season at the 3rd place of the World Cup slalom standings The next season 1994 95 was successful as well He couldn t beat Alberto Tomba but he won three World Cup medals silver in giant slalom standings bronze in slalom and overall standings The next few seasons were slightly less successful until he reached his second peak of his career in 1998 99 when he won two more slalom races one of them was at his home resort in Kranjska Gora and finished the season at the 2nd place of the World Cup slalom standings After this season his career gradually went down so in 2005 he announced he would conclude his career after the 2005 06 season He confirmed his retirement after the 2006 Winter Olympics when he was not chosen to compete in slalom Besides that he won additional 20 top 3 podiums 18 of them at slalom Besides his achievements in sport he has also engaged in musical activity in the mid 1990s during the peak of his popularity He recorded a few rap songs one of them Vcasih smucam hit vcasih pa pocas Sometimes I ski fast sometimes I ski slowly being quite popular in Slovenia He was also a member of a rap group Pasji kartel Dog s cartel He officially ended his skiing career on 25 March 2006 with an event in Kranjska Gora including special skiing competition between ski legends Bojan Krizaj Ingemar Stenmark Boris Strel Mateja Svet Alberto Tomba and many others and many music performances World Cup results EditSeason standings Edit Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super G Downhill Combined1992 19 112 42 49 1993 20 26 6 34 1994 21 15 3 23 1995 22 3 3 2 1996 23 13 5 17 1997 24 30 16 13 1998 25 21 8 19 1999 26 12 2 18 2000 27 31 10 41 2001 28 25 6 2002 29 43 13 42 2003 30 146 59 2004 31 83 33 2005 32 85 32 2006 33 123 52 Race podiums Edit 3 wins 3 SL 20 podiums 18 SL 2 GS Season Date Location Discipline Position1993 17 January 1993 Lech Austria Slalom 2nd1994 28 November 1993 Park City United States Slalom 2nd5 December 1993 Stoneham Canada Slalom 3rd20 December 1993 Madonna di Campiglio Italy Slalom 1st30 January 1994 Chamonix France Slalom 3rd6 February 1994 Garmisch Partenkirchen Germany Slalom 3rd1995 20 December 1994 Lech Austria Slalom 3rd15 January 1995 Kitzbuhel Austria Slalom 2nd22 January 1995 Wengen Switzerland Slalom 3rd4 February 1995 Adelboden Switzerland Giant slalom 2nd20 February 1995 Furano Japan Giant slalom 2nd1996 22 December 1995 Kranjska Gora Slovenia Slalom 2nd7 January 1996 Flachau Austria Slalom 3rd14 January 1996 Kitzbuhel Austria Slalom 3rd10 March 1996 Hafjell Norway Slalom 3rd1999 14 December 1998 Sestriere Italy Slalom 3rd6 January 1999 Kranjska Gora Slovenia Slalom 1st24 January 1999 Kitzbuhel Austria Slalom 1st2001 21 January 2001 Kitzbuhel Austria Slalom 2nd18 February 2001 Shigakogen Japan Slalom 3rdOlympic Games results EditSeason Age Slalom Giantslalom Super G Downhill Combined1992 19 22 29 131994 21 3 23 1998 25 DNF1 5 2002 29 8 DNF2 World Championships results EditSeason Age Slalom Giantslalom Super G Downhill Combined1996 23 DNF2 8 1997 24 12 DNF1 1999 26 10 19 2001 28 8 2003 30 did not compete2005 32 DNF1 External links EditJure Kosir at Ski DB Alpine Ski Database Jure Kosir at the International Ski Federation Jure Kosir at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Olympic GamesPreceded byFranci Petek Flagbearer for SloveniaLillehammer 1994 Succeeded byPrimoz Peterka Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jure Kosir amp oldid 1117251011, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
