Mitja Kunc (born 12 November 1971 in Črna na Koroškem, SFR Yugoslavia), is a former Slovenian alpine skier.[1]

Mitja Kunc
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Slovenia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 St. Anton Slalom

He has one victory in Alpine Skiing World Cup. The first peak of his career was in 1994 Winter Olympics, where he finished 4th in slalom. In the following years he was treated for injuries until the second peak of his career in years 2000–2002, when he won a race in Yongpyong and a bronze medal in Alpine World Ski Championships 2001, both of them in slalom.[2] He retired in 2005 after the race in Kranjska Gora.

World Cup results edit

Season standings edit

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
1990 18 107 41
1991 19 52 17
1992 20 99 34
1993 21 89 22
1994 22 35 32 12
1995 23 47 28 17
1996 24 49 24 21
1997 25 70 41 26
1998 26 113 44
1999 27 58 37 24
2000 28 19 12 8
2001 29 26 9 29
2002 30 25 4
2003 31 67 25
2004 32 99 44
2005 33 126 49

Race podiums edit

  • 1 win (1 SL)
  • 6 podiums (4 SL, 2 GS)
Season Date Location Discipline Position
1994 18 January 1994   Crans-Montana, Switzerland Giant slalom 2nd
1995 6 January 1995   Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd
2000 27 February 2000   Yongpyong, South Korea Slalom 1st
2001 23 January 2001   Schladming, Austria Slalom 3rd
2002 6 January 2002   Adelboden, Switzerland Slalom 3rd
13 January 2002   Wengen, Switzerland Slalom 2nd

Olympic Games results edit

Season Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
1992 20 23 27
1994 22 4 14 28 7
1998 26 18
2002 30 DNF2 28

World Championships results edit

Season Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
1991 19 6
1993 21 17
1996 24 14 14 36 43 5
1997 25
1999 27 15 DNF2
2001 29 3 15
2003 31 DNF2 DNS2

References edit

  1. ^ Mitja Kunc at Sports Reference
  2. ^ "FIS-Ski – biographie". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2004.