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Petra Vlhová

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Petra Vlhová
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenSlovakia Edit
Country for sportSlovakia Edit
Name in native languagePetra Vlhová Edit
Name wey dem give amPetra Edit
Family nameVlhová Edit
Ein date of birth13 June 1995 Edit
Place dem born amLiptovský Mikuláš Edit
Native languageSlovak Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signSlovak Edit
Ein occupationalpine skier Edit
Field for workalpine skiing Edit
Trained byLivio Magoni Edit
Sportalpine skiing Edit
Award e receiveĽudovít Štúr Order 2nd class Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.petravlhova.sk/, https://www.petravlhova.sk/sk/petra-vlhova-2/ Edit

Petra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) be Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer wey dey specialise insyd de technical events of slalom den giant slalom. Vlhová win de World Cup overall title insys 2021 den de gold medal insyd de 2022 Winter Olympics insyd de slalom event, wey she cam turn de first Slovak skier make she achieve dese feats.

Career

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Dem born am insyd Liptovský Mikuláš, during childhood she attend training sessions for Podbreziny ski center for ein native Litpovský Mikuláš. Plus altitude of 700 meters den tracks plus combined length of 550 meters, de ski center enter disusage insyd de later 2000s den early 2010s. Insyd 2022, Vlhová support de restart of de center den de local youth training groups.[1]

Vlhová win gold medal insyd 2012 Winter Youth Olympics wey she represent Slovakia insyd de 2014 Winter Olympics.[2] She sanso win gold insyd de slalom for de Junior World Championships insyd 2014 for Jasná, Slovakia insyd.[3]

World Cup

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She make ein World Cup debut for age 17 insyd December 2012, den ein first World Cup podium cam three years later, victory insyd slalom for December 2015 insyd for Åre, Sweden.[4] For 17 January 2016, she qualify give de second run insyd giant slalom for de first time for ein career insyd Flachau wey she fini 14th.[5]

2019 season

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Insyd December 2018, Vlhová score de first World Cup giant slalom win give Slovakia insyd race for Semmering, Austria insyd – na she dey insyd fourth place after de first run buh she set de second fastest time for de second run for de victory: na ein previous best GS result be seventh.[6] Few days later she win parallel slalom for de foot of de Holmenkollbakken insyd Oslo, de sixth win of ein career, wey dey set fresh record give de most World Cup wins by Slovak alpine skier, wey dey eclipse Veronika Velez-Zuzulová.[7]

Insyd January 2019, she fini as runner-up to Mikaela Shiffrin insyd de first five classic slaloms of de World Cup season, Vlhová win de slalom insyd Flachau, she set de fastest time for de second run make she take de win after she place third insyd de first run wey she take de winner's €70,000 prize, de biggest women's prize purse of de World Cup season.[8]

For de Alpine World Ski Championships insyd February 2019, Vlhová take complete set of medals. She claim de first individual medal give Slovak skier – silver insyd de combined – after Wendy Holdener edge am out by three-hundredths of second.[9] She then win de first gold medal give Slovakia insyd de giant slalom,[10] before she take de bronze insyd de slalom.[11]

2020 season

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Vlhová start de 2020 season plus 14th-place finish insyd giant slalom for Sölden. She reach ein first podium insyd de season for Killington wen she fini second insyd Slalom. For 15 December 2019, she win Parallel slalom race insyd St. Moritz. Insyd de last race of 2019, she fini second again insyd Lienz behind Mikaela Shiffrin. She start de fresh year plus three victories for 4 races insyd. First, she win de slalom insyd Zagreb for 4 January; 10 days later, she triumph insyd de Flachau slalom, den then she take ein Giant slalom win per of de season for 18 January, wen she share de spoils plus Federica Brignone insyd Sestriere.

Vlhová start dey compete insyd de speed events for ein bid make she win de big crystal globe insyd de later part of de season. She claim two 6th places insyd Bansko, one insyd de downhill den one insyd de super-G. She claim two oda top 10 results insyd Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Ein final win of de season cam insyd slalom for Kranjska Gora insyd for 16 February. She record fresh personal best downhill plus 4th place insyd Crans Montana for 21 February. Insyd de season's final race, she fini 4th insyd super-G for La Thuile insyd, wich na ein best result insyd de discipline up to dat point.

Na dem cut de season short by de COVID-19 pandemic. Vlhová fini 3rd insyd de overall world cup standings, she win ein first small crystal globes, one give slalom den one give parallel events.

2021 season

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Vlhová get strong start to de season plus 3rd place insyd de opening giant slalom insyd Sölden. She follow dat up plus three victories insyd row, she win two slaloms for two days insyd Levi den parallel giant slalom insyd Lech/Zürs. Insyd December, Vlhová fini 3rd insyd de first of two giant slaloms insyd Courchevel (France) buh she no fini de oda one two days later. Insyd Val d'Isère, she fini 26th den 33rd insyd de two downhills before she get 6th place insyd de super-G day later. Vlhová record three more victories insyd de season - slalom for Zagreb insyd, giant slalom for ein home track for Jasná insyd, den slalom for Åre insyd. She sanso record ein first podium insyd speed event wen she fini 2nd insyd de super-G for Garmisch-Partenkirchen insyd for February 1.

She sanso win two silver medals for de World Championships insyd Cortina d'Ampezzo, one insyd de alpine combined den one insyd slalom.

Vlhová secure ein first overall title for de world cup finals for Lenzerheide insyd, wey she fini 6th insyd slalom. She cam turn de first Slovak skier make she achieve dis title.

2022 season

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Vlhová part ways plus ein Italian coach Livio Magoni shortly after de end of de 2021 season after 5-year partnership.[12] She hire swiss coach Mauro Pini as replacement.[13]

Vlhová get strong start to de season plus 3rd place insyd de opening giant slalom for Sölden insyd. She follow dat up plus two victories for row insyd, she win two slaloms insyd two days for Levi insyd. She win three more slaloms insyd Lienz, Zagreb den Kranjska Gora wey she clinch de slalom crystal globe plus second place finish insyd Schladming, plus two slaloms dey remain.

She cam turn de first Slovak alpine skier make she win Olympic medal by she win gold insyd slalom for Beijing insyd.[14] Na she be insyd 8th place after de first round, 0.72 seconds behind Lena Dürr, buh then she produce de fastest run for de second leg make she win gold by 0.08 seconds ahead of reigning world champion Katharina Liensberger.

After de Olympics, Vlhová mount challenge make she defendein overall world cup title. She win de giant slalom insyd Åre make she record ein sixth win of de season. She finally lose de chance make she win de big crystal globe after de final super-G race insyd Courchevel/Méribel, wer Mikaela Shiffrin fini for 2nd position insyd wey she clinch de title. Vlhová fini off de season plus two podiums insyd slalom den giant slalom.

2023 season

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Vlhová dey slalom ski insyd Andora

Vlhová fini de season for third place overall insyd.[15]

2024 season

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Vlhová get strong start to de season plus 3rd place insyd de opening giant slalom for Sölden insyd. She reach ein first win of de season insyd slalom for Levi insyd. Na ebe ein 20th career slalom victory.

World Cup results

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Season titles

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  • 4 titles – (1 overall, 2 Slalom, 1 Parallel)
Season
Discipline
2020 Slalom
Parallel
2021 Overall
Parallel
2022 Slalom
Vlhová insyd Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018
Vlhová insyd Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018

Season standings

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Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant

slalom

Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2013 17 91 42
2014 18
2015 19 81 34
2016 20 24 6 40
2017 21 10 5 11
2018 22 5 4 13 7
2019 23 2 2 2
2020 24 3 1 2 14 16 1
2021 25 1 3 6 8 12 1
2022 26 2 1 4 40 37
2023 27 3 3 4 41
2024 28 6 3 8
Standings thru 16 January 2024

Race victories

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Total Slalom Giant slalom Downhill Super-G Combined Parallel
Wins 31 22 6 0 0 0 3
Podiums 73 46 19 0 1 1 6
Season
Date Location Discipline
2016 13 December 2015 Åre, Sweden Slalom
2017 18 March 2017 Aspen, USA Slalom
2018 11 November 2017 Levi, Finland Slalom
28 January 2018   Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom
2019

5 victories (3 GS, 1 SL, 1 CE)

28 December 2018 Semmering, Austria Giant slalom
1 January 2019   Oslo, Norway City event
8 January 2019 Flachau, Austria Slalom
1 February 2019 Maribor, Slovenia Giant slalom
8 March 2019 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic Giant slalom
2020

5 victories (3 SL, 1 GS, 1 PS)

15 December 2019   St. Moritz, Switzerland Parallel slalom
4 January 2020 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom
14 January 2020 Flachau, Austria Slalom
18 January 2020 Sestriere, Italy Giant slalom
16 February 2020 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom
2021

6 victories (4 SL, 1 GS, 1 PG)

21 November 2020 Levi, Finland Slalom
22 November 2020 Slalom
26 November 2020 Lech/Zürs, Austria Parallel-G
3 January 2021 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom
7 March 2021 Jasná, Slovakia Giant slalom
12 March 2021 Åre, Sweden Slalom
2022

6 victories (5 SL, 1 GS)

20 November 2021 Levi, Finland Slalom
21 November 2021 Slalom
29 December 2021 Lienz, Austria Slalom
4 January 2022 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom
9 January 2022 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom
11 March 2022 Åre, Sweden Giant slalom
2023

2 victories (2 SL)

10 January 2023 Flachau, Austria Slalom
18 March 2023 Soldeu, Andorra Slalom
2024

3 victories (3 SL)

11 November 2023 Levi, Finland Slalom
21 December 2023 Courchevel, France Slalom
7 January 2024 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom

Podiums

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Season Podiums
Super G Giant slalom Slalom Parallel[1] Combined Total
Σ
2016 1 2 1 2 3
2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
2018 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 6
2019 3 1 1 5 2 1 1 5 6 3 14
2020 1 1 3 2 1 5 3 8
2021 1 1 2 4 1 1 6 2 2 10
2022 1 2 2 5 2 1 6 4 3 13
2023 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 5 9
2024 1 1 3 2 3 3 1 7
Total 0 1 0 6 5 8 22 15 9 3 2 1 0 0 1 31 23 19 73
1 19 46 6 1 73

1 Dey include both parallel slalom den parallel giant slalom. Dem classify two parallel events insyd de ski-db.com results as classic events (de City Event slalom for 30/01/18 den de City Event slalom for 01/01/19). Dem dey are show am hie as parallel events.

World Championship results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant

slalom

Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel Team Event
2013 17 DNF1 9
2015 19 44 30
2017 21 4 8 2
2019 23 3 1 2
2021 25 2 12 9 2 DNF
2023 27 5 7

Olympic results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant

slalom

Super-G Downhill Combined Team Event
2014 18 19 24
2018 22 13 13 32 DNF 5 9
2022 26 1 14

Recognition

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Insyd 2024, de presido of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová award Vlhová de Order of Ľudovít Štúr, 1st class.[16]

References

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  1. "Zjazdovka, kde vyrastala Vlhová, opäť ožije. Do obnovy sa zapojil aj jej tím". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. "Náš tím". Petravlhova.sk. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  3. "Junior Worlds: Slalom gold for Slovakia's Petra Vlhova". Fédération Internationale de Ski. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  4. FIS Results
  5. AUDI FIS SKI WORLD CUP 2015/16, 6th LADIES' GIANT SLALOM
  6. "Petra Vlhova wins Giant Slalom, makes history for Slovenia". japantimes.co.jp. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  7. "Coupe du monde : Petra Vlhova domine Mikaela Shiffrin et le slalom parallèle d'Oslo" [World Cup: Petra Vlhova dominates Mikaela Shiffrin and Oslo's parallel slalom]. L'Équipe (insyd French). 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  8. "Vlhova denies Shiffrin 8th straight victory in World Cup slalom". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  9. Sharland, Pete (8 February 2019). "Ladies' Combined: Wendy Holdener beats Petra Vlhova by 0.03s to take Combined gold". Eurosport. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  10. "Petra Vlhova wins first-ever World Championships gold for Slovakia". International Ski Federation. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  11. "Mikaela Shiffrin makes history with fourth straight slalom gold". CNN. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  12. "In wake of unflattering comments, Petra Vlhova and coach Livio Magoni split". skiracing.com. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  13. "Ski champ Vlhova to reduce WCup schedule, focus on Olympics". APnews.com. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  14. "Slovakia's Petra Vlhova mounts massive comeback, wins slalom gold with Mikaela Shiffrin out". NBColympics.com. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  15. "CUP STANDINGS WORLD CUP Season 2023 Women Overall". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  16. Vančo, Martin. "Vlhová, Bagala či Bieliková. Prezidentka naposledy udeľovala štátne vyznamenania". domov.sme.sk (insyd Slovak).
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