Žan Kranjec

Žan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992)^[1] is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia, and primarily competes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kranjec won a silver medal in the giant slalom.

Žan Kranjec
Kranjec in 2018
Born	(1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 30) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Giant slalom, slalom
Club	SD Novinar
World Cup debut	5 March 2011 (age 18)
Website	zankranjec.si
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 – (2013–2023)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	13 – (2011–2023)
Wins	2 – (2 GS)
Podiums	11 – (11 GS)
Overall titles	0 – (11th in 2023)
Discipline titles	0 – (3rd in GS, 2023)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Slovenia Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Giant slalom Junior World Championships 2012 Roccaraso Team 2013 Quebec Giant slalom 2012 Roccaraso Giant slalom 2012 Roccaraso Combined

Career

Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom.^[1]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018, he gained his first World Cup win in Saalbach, Austria.^[2] As of 2022, Kranjec has two World Cup wins and seven podiums in total.^[1]

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kranjec was eighth after the first run of the giant slalom, then was the fastest in the second run to win the silver medal, runner-up to Marco Odermatt.^[3]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season
	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined	Parallel
2011	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	19	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	20	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	21	129	—	46	—	—	—
2015	22	121	—	37	—	—	—
2016	23	79	—	26	—	—	—
2017	24	49	61	14	—	—	—
2018	25	33	—	6	—	—	—
2019	26	22	34	4	—	—	—
2020	27	16	48	4	—	—	—	10
2021	28	32	—	7	—	—	—	25
2022	29	37	48	11	—	—		10
2023	30	11	—	3	—	—		—

Race podiums

• 2 wins – (2 GS)
• 11 podiums – (11 GS), 36 top tens

Season
	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2018	17 Dec 2017	Alta Badia, Italy	Giant slalom	3rd
2019	19 Dec 2018	Saalbach, Austria	Giant slalom	1st
	16 Mar 2019	Soldeu, Andorra	Giant slalom	3rd
2020	27 Oct 2019	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd
	22 Dec 2019	Alta Badia, Italy	Giant slalom	3rd
	11 Jan 2020	Adelboden, Switzerland	Giant slalom	1st
2021	5 Dec 2020	Santa Caterina, Italy	Giant slalom	2nd
2022	24 Oct 2021	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd
2023	23 Oct 2022	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	2nd
	10 Dec 2022	Val d'Isère, France	Giant slalom	3rd
	19 Dec 2022	Alta Badia, Italy	Giant slalom	3rd

World Championship results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined	Parallel	Team
2013	20	—	22	—	—	—	—	—
2015	22	32	DNF1	—	—	—
2017	24	DNS2	DNF1	—	—	—		—
2019	26	17	5	—	—	—		—
2021	28	—	6	—	—	—	10	—
2023	30	DNF1	6	—	—	—	4	—

Olympic results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2014	21	DNF1	23	—	—	—
2018	25	—	4	—	—	—
2022	29	—	2	—	—	—

References

1. "KRANJEC Zan - Biographie". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
2. "Zan Kranjec gives Slovenian men 1st World Cup win in GS". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 December 2018.
3. Evans, Simon (13 February 2022). "Alpine skiing – Kranjec gets silver reward after near misses". Reuters. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Žan Kranjec.

• Žan Kranjec at FIS (alpine) 
• Žan Kranjec at Olympics.com 
• Žan Kranjec at Olympedia 
• Žan Kranjec at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database  
• at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)  
• Official website (in English)