Leona Popović
| Alpine skier | |
 | |
| Disciplines | Slalom, Giant slalom, Combined |
|---|---|
| Club | SK Rijeka |
| Born | 13 November 1997 Rijeka, Croatia |
| World Cup debut | 4 January 2015 (age 17) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 1 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 2 – (2015, 2017) |
| World Cup | |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
Leona Popović (Croatian pronunciation: [pǒpoʋitɕ];[1] born 13 November 1997) is a Croatian alpine ski racer. In the beginning of her career she competed in all disciplines, but lately she specialized slalom and giant slalom. Her best World Cup finish is 17th in alpine combined from Crans-Montana in 2017.
Her first big competition was at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, where she competed in all disciplines, making 27th place in slalom her best result.[2] By her 22nd birthday, she has undergone three surgeries on her left leg. In 2015, she broke her tibia while training slalom, then in 2018 two surgeries were required to fix torn ACL and MCL she sustained in Olympic giant slalom crash.
World Cup results[]
Top 30 finishes[]
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 24 Feb 2017 |  Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
Combined | 18 |
| 26 Feb 2017 | Combined | 17 | ||
| 2018 | 26 Jan 2018 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland |
Combined | 21 |
| 27 Jan 2018 | Giant slalom | 23 | ||
| 2020 | 28 Dec 2019 |  Lienz, Austria |
Slalom | 26 |
| 2021 | 21 Nov 2020 |  Levi, Finland |
Slalom | 27 |
| 22 Nov 2020 | Slalom | 18 |
Season standings[]
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 19 | 92 | — | — | — | — | 23 |
| 2018 | 20 | 105 | — | 43 | — | — | 33 |
| 2019 | 21 | injured | |||||
| 2020 | 22 | 117 | 48 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 22 | 68 | 26 | — | — | — | — |
World Championship results[]
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | 27 | 37 | 30 | 36 | DNF1 |
| 2017 | 19 | DNF1 | DNF2 | DNF | — | DNF2 |
| 2019 | 21 | injured | ||||
| 2021 | 23 | 21 | 25 | - | - | - |
References[]
- ^ "pȍp1". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-18.
Pòpović
- ^ "Beaver Creek 2015, Leona Popovic results". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
External links[]
- Leona Popović at the International Ski Federation
- Leona Popović at the International Olympic Committee
- Leona Popović at the Croatian Olympic Committee (also available in Croatian)
- Leona Popović at Olympics.com
- Leona Popović at Olympedia
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- 1997 births
- Croatian female alpine skiers
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- Olympic alpine skiers of Croatia
- Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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