Petra Majdič
Slovenian cross-country skier / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Petra Majdič (born 22 December 1979) is a Slovenian former cross-country skier. Her best results came in classic style races. She won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty in sprint races, but she also won a marathon (30 km race) in Trondheim in 2009.[1] She is the first Slovenian cross-country skier to win a World Cup race, the first to get a medal at the World Championships and the first to get an Olympic medal. With 20 wins, Majdič is the second-most successful sprinter in FIS Cross-Country World Cup history and with 24 wins in total she's the fourth-most successful World Cup competitor of all time.
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Petra Majdič | |
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Full name | Petra Majdič |
Born | (1979-12-22) 22 December 1979 (age 44) Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Ski club | ŠD Atrans Trojane |
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 13 – (1999–2011) |
Starts | 222 |
Podiums | 49 |
Wins | 24 |
Overall titles | 0 – (2nd in 2009) |
Discipline titles | 3 – (3 SP) |
Medal record | |
Updated on 28 January 2018. |
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