Boštjan Kline

Boštjan Kline
Alpine skier
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G
Club	SK Branik Maribor
Born	9 March 1991 (age 30); Maribor, Slovenia
World Cup debut
11 December 2009 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams	1 – (2018)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	5 – (2013–2021)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	9 – (2012–13, 2015–21)
Wins	1 – (1 DH)
Podiums	3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles	0 – (20h in 2017)
Discipline titles	0 – (10th in DH, 2017)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Slovenia
Junior World Championships

Boštjan Kline (born 9 March 1991) is a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. He has competed in four World Championships,^[1] and the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Career[]

Kline made his World Cup debut in December 2009 in a super combined at Val d'Isere, France. He competed for Slovenia at the 2015 World Championships. He failed to finish the super-G, finished 33rd in the downhill, and was disqualified during the slalom run of the super combined.

In January 2016, Kline attained his first podium, a second-place finish in downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, finishing behind Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. About a month later, he achieved a second place podium finish in Hinterstoder in the super G, again finishing behind Kilde.

He gained his first World Cup victory in Norway at Kvitfjell in a downhill in February 2017.

World Cup results[]

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2010	18	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	19	130	—	—	61	45	—
2012	20	135	—	—	54	—	—
2013	21	120	—	—	47	50	—
2014	22
2015	23	101	—	—	44	39	—
2016	24	24	—	—	14	17	30
2017	25	20	—	—	11	10	—
2018	26	71	—	—	26	36	28
2019	27	86	—	—	22	57	—
2020	28	126	—	—	33	—	—
2021	29	81	—	—	32	29	—

Standings through 17 January 2021

Downhill
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Fin.	Pos	Points
2009-10	LAK -	BEA -	VGA -	BOR -	WEN -	KIT -	KVI 47				GAR -	-	0
2010-11	LAK 53	VGA -	BOR -	WEN -	KIT -	CHA -	KVI 39	KVI 42			LEN 15	45th	16
2011-12	LAK 45	BEA 47	BOR 44	WEN -	KIT 57	GAR -	CHA 34	CHA 37	SOC 38	KVI 40	SCH -	-	0
2012-13	LAK 46	BEA 46	VGA 27	BOR 30	WEN DNF	KIT 39	GAR 44	KVI 28			LEN -	50th	8
2014-15	LAK -	BEA -	VGA -	SAN 13	WEN 30	KIT 30	SAA 30	GAR 27	KVI 28		MÉR -	39th	30
2015-16	LAK 24	BEA 27	VGA 37	SAN 22	WEN 24	KIT 23	GAR 2	JEO 11	CHA 17	KVI 23	STM 11	17th	185
2016-17	ISE 4	VGA 39	KIT 27	GAR DNF	GAR 6	KVI 1	KVI 7				ASP DNF	10th	230
2017-18	LAK 25	BEA 48	VGA 54	BOR 29	WEN 21	KIT 33	GAR 25	KVI 50			ÅRE -	36th	24
2018-19	LAK 40	BEA 54	VGA 47	BOR 44	WEN 27	KIT -	GAR -	KVI			SOD	52nd	4

Super-G
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Fin.	Pos	Points
2010-11	LAK -	BEA -	VGA -	KIT -	HIN -	KVI 32		LEN -	-	0
2011-12	LAK 44	BEA DNF	VGA 49	CRA DNF	CRA 25	KVI 32	KVI 40	SCH -	54th	6
2012-13	LAK 43	BEA 34	VGA 37	KIT DNF	KVI 25			LEN -	47th	6
2014-15	LAK -	BEA -	VGA -	KIT DNF	SAA 32	KVI 20		MÉR -	44th	11
2015-16	LAK 14	BEA 38	VGA DNF	KIT 15	JEO 11	HIN 2	KVI 26	STM 9	14th	172
2016-17	ISE 5	VGA 15	SAN 13	KIT 22	KVI 8			ASP DNF	11th	122
2017-18	LAK 19	BEA 29	VGA 13	KIT 20	KVI 40			ÅRE -	26th	45
2018-19	LAK 18	BEA 34	VGA 19	BOR 37	KIT 30	BAN	KVI	SOD	33rd	26

Giant Slalom
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Fin.	Pos	Points
2011-12	SÖL -	BEA DNF1	BEA DNQ	ALT -	ADE -	BAN -	CRA -	KRA -	SCH -	-	0

Slalom
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Fin.	Pos	Points
2012-13	LEV -	ISE -	MAD -	ZAG -	ADE -	WEN -	KIT DNF1	KRA -	LEN -	–	0

Alpine Combined / Super Combined
Year	1	2	3	4	Pos	Points
2009-10	BEA -	ISE DNF2	WEN -	KIT -	-	0
2011-12	WEN -	KIT -	CHA 33	SOC DNF2	-	0
2012-13	WEN -	KIT DNF1			-	0
2015-16	WEN DNF2	KIT 16	CHA DNS2		30th	15
2016-17	SAN DNF1	WEN DNF1			-	0
2017-18	BOR 17	WEN DNS2			28th	14
2018-19	WEN DSQ1	BAN			-	0

Race podiums[]

1 win – (1 DH)
3 podiums – (2 DH, 1 SG)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2016	30 Jan 2016	Garmisch, Germany	Downhill	2nd
2016	27 Feb 2016	Hinterstoder, Austria	Super-G	2nd
2017	24 Feb 2017	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill	1st

World Championship results[]

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2013	21	—	—	30	DNF	DSQ1
2015	23	—	—	DNF	33	DSQ1
2017	25	—	—	DNF	7	—
2019	27	—	—	DNF	20	DNF2
2021	29			24

Olympic results[]

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2018	26	—	—	10	27	DNS2

References[]

^ "Men's Downhill Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2015.

External links[]

Boštjan Kline at the International Ski Federation
Boštjan Kline World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
Boštjan Kline at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
Boštjan Kline at the International Olympic Committee
Stöckli Skis – alpine racers – Bostjan Kline

[1] "Men's Downhill Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2015.

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