Gloria Kotnik

Gloria Kotnik
Kotnik in 2009
CountrySlovenia
Born (1989-06-01) 1 June 1989 (age 35)
Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Ski clubDeska Velenje
World Cup career
Seasons2006–2015
2017–2020
2022–present
Indiv. starts164
Indiv. podiums1
Indiv. wins1
Team starts12
Team podiums1
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Parallel giant slalom
Winter Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Erzurum Parallel giant slalom
Updated on 11 January 2025.

Gloria Kotnik (born 1 June 1989) is a Slovenian snowboarder. She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she finished 27th in parallel giant slalom.[3] At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she finished 24th in parallel giant slalom. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the women's parallel giant slalom event.[4] This was also her first podium in career as her best results in World Cup competition prior to the 2022 Olympics were three fourth places.[1]

Winter Olympics results

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
Year Parallel
giant slalom 		Parallel
slalom
Canada 2010 Vancouver 27 —
Russia 2014 Sochi 24 23
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 15 —
China 2022 Beijing 3 —

Personal life

Kotnik studied management at University of Primorska.[5] In March 2020, she decided to take a break from competitive sport due to burnout and to focus on family.[6] She gave birth to her son Maj in January 2021,[7] and returned to competing in December 2021.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gloria Kotnik". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Gloria Kotnik – Player Profile – Snowboard". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ "SR Olympic Sports: Glorija Kotnik". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Mastnak nadaljuje slovenski deskarski niz medalj, Kotnik z bronom spisala senzacijo" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Novice FM – Februar 2014" (PDF) (in Slovenian). University of Primorska. p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Gloria Kotnik na vrtiljaku čustev: Nisem še dojela, kaj imam okrog vratu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  7. ^ Robnik, Špela (3 November 2021). "Gloria Kotnik o materinstvu in pasteh vrhunskega športa". Mična (in Slovenian). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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