Slovenia at the Olympics

Slovenia at the Olympics
IOC code	SLO
NOC	Slovenian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.si (in Slovene and English)
Medals Ranked 56th	Gold 10 Silver 14 Bronze 21 Total 45
Summer appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Austria (1912)  Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Slovenia first participated as an independent nation at the Olympic Games at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and the country has sent athletes to compete at every Games since then.^[1] The Slovenian Olympic Committee was established in 1991 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 5 February 1992.^[2]

Slovenian athletes first competed at the Olympics in Stockholm, at the 1912 Summer Olympics, as part of the Austrian team. There, Rudolf Cvetko became the first Slovene to win an Olympic medal, a silver in the men's team sabre.^[3] Then, until Slovenia's independence, they competed as part of Yugoslavia. Before the Second World War, all of the Olympic medals for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were won by Slovene gymnasts (with the exception of Croatian Dragutin Ciotti who was a member of the bronze medal winning men's gymnastics all-around team at the 1928 Summer Olympics).^[4] Leon Štukelj was the most prominent pre-war athlete, winning three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals, and he is still the most decorated Slovenian Olympian.^[5] Among post-war Olympians, Miroslav Cerar won two gold and one bronze medals, also in gymnastics. All of Yugoslavia's Winter Olympic medals (three silver and one bronze) were won by Slovenians with the first being the silver medal of Jure Franko in alpine skiing, won at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, when Yugoslavia hosted the Games.

Athletes representing Slovenia have won a total of 28 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 17 at the Winter Olympic Games.^[1] Slovenia's most successful Summer Olympics have been the 2020 Summer Olympics where they won three gold medals and five medals overall. The most successful winter games were the 2014 Winter Olympics, where Slovenian athletes won a record eight medals, including two gold. Tina Maze (alpine skiing) and Iztok Čop (rowing) are the most decorated post-independence Slovenian Olympians, with four medals each. The shooter Rajmond Debevec has competed at the Olympics eight times as of 2020. He competed between 1984 and 2012, representing Yugoslavia for his first two appearances.^[6] Track and field athlete Merlene Ottey competed at the Olympics seven times between 1980 and 2004. In her first six appearances, she was representing Jamaica, for whom she won nine medals, the seventh time she represented Slovenia.^[7] Debevec is the oldest medallist and the oldest Slovenian participant at the Olympics, having won his last medal at the age of 49 in 2012. The youngest participant from Slovenia was Nastja Govejšek, a swimmer, who was 15 at the 2012 games.^[1] The youngest Olympic medallist for Slovenia has been alpine skier Alenka Dovžan, who was 18 years old when she competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics.^[8] Slovenian athletes have won medals in nine sports at the Summer and in five sports at the Winter Games. The most successful sport for Slovenia at the Summer Olympics is judo with six medals (two gold) while the most successful sport at the Winter Olympics is alpine skiing with seven medals (two gold). In team sports, the national teams have participated three times in handball, twice in ice hockey and once in basketball.^[9][10][11] With a population of just above 2 million, Slovenia often finds itself among countries with the highest medal-per-capita rankings.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Medal tables[]

Medals by Summer Games[] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1912 Stockholm as part of  Austria (AUT) 1920–1988 as part of  Yugoslavia (YUG) 1992 Barcelona 35 0 0 2 2 52 1996 Atlanta 37 0 2 0 2 55 2000 Sydney 74 2 0 0 2 36 2004 Athens 79 0 1 3 4 63 2008 Beijing 62 1 2 2 5 39 2012 London 65 1 1 2 4 42 2016 Rio de Janeiro 63 1 2 1 4 45 2020 Tokyo 53 3 1 1 5 31 2024 Paris Future event 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane Total 8 9 11 28 61

Medals by Winter Games[] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924–1988 as part of  Yugoslavia (YUG) 1992 Albertville 27 0 0 0 0 – 1994 Lillehammer 22 0 0 3 3 20 1998 Nagano 34 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 40 0 0 1 1 23 2006 Turin 37 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver 47 0 2 1 3 21 2014 Sochi 66 2 2 4 8 16 2018 Pyeongchang 71 0 1 1 2 24 2022 Beijing Future event 2026 Milan–Cortina Total 2 5 10 17 32

Medals by summer sport[]   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Judo 2 1 3 6 Athletics 1 2 1 4 Canoeing 1 2 0 3 Rowing 1 1 3 5 Shooting 1 0 2 3 Cycling 1 0 1 2 Sport climbing 1 0 0 1 Sailing 0 2 1 3 Swimming 0 1 0 1 Totals (9 sports) 8 9 11 28

Medals by winter sport[] Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Alpine skiing 2 2 3 7 Ski jumping 0 1 2 3 Snowboarding 0 1 2 3 Biathlon 0 1 1 2 Cross country skiing 0 0 2 2 Totals (5 sports) 2 5 10 17

List of medalists[]

Summer Olympics[]

Rajmond Debevec competed at the Olympics eight times and won three medals, including one gold.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Iztok Čop Denis Žvegelj	1992 Barcelona	Rowing	Men's coxless pair[16]
Bronze	Milan Janša Janez Klemenčič Sašo Mirjanič Sadik Mujkić	1992 Barcelona	Rowing	Men's coxless four[17]
Silver	Brigita Bukovec	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 100 metre hurdles[18]
Silver	Andraž Vehovar	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's K-1 slalom[19]
Gold	Iztok Čop Luka Špik	2000 Sydney	Rowing	Men's double sculls[20]
Gold	Rajmond Debevec	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions[21]
Silver	Iztok Čop Luka Špik	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's double sculls[22]
Bronze	Jolanda Čeplak	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 800 metres[23]
Bronze	Urška Žolnir	2004 Athens	Judo	Women's half-middleweight[24]
Bronze	Vasilij Žbogar	2004 Athens	Sailing	Men's Laser class[25]
Gold	Primož Kozmus	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's hammer throw[26]
Silver	Vasilij Žbogar	2008 Beijing	Sailing	Men's Laser class[27]
Silver	Sara Isaković	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle[28]
Bronze	Lucija Polavder	2008 Beijing	Judo	Women's half-heavyweight[29]
Bronze	Rajmond Debevec	2008 Beijing	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle three positions[30]
Gold	Urška Žolnir	2012 London	Judo	Women's half-middleweight[31]
Silver	Primož Kozmus	2012 London	Athletics	Men's hammer throw[32]
Bronze	Iztok Čop Luka Špik	2012 London	Rowing	Men's double sculls[33]
Bronze	Rajmond Debevec	2012 London	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle prone[34]
Gold	Tina Trstenjak	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Judo	Women's half-middleweight[35]
Silver	Peter Kauzer	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1[36]
Silver	Vasilij Žbogar	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sailing	Men's Finn[37]
Bronze	Anamari Velenšek	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Judo	Women's half-heavyweight[38]
Gold	Benjamin Savšek	2020 Tokyo	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1[39]
Gold	Primož Roglič	2020 Tokyo	Cycling	Men's road time trial[40]
Gold	Janja Garnbret	2020 Tokyo	Sport climbing	Women's combined[41]
Silver	Tina Trstenjak	2020 Tokyo	Judo	Women's half-middleweight[42]
Bronze	Tadej Pogačar	2020 Tokyo	Cycling	Men's road race[43]

Winter Olympics[]

Tina Maze won four Olympic medals, including two gold.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Alenka Dovžan	1994 Lillehammer	Alpine skiing	Women's combined[44]
Bronze	Jure Košir	1994 Lillehammer	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom[45]
Bronze	Katja Koren	1994 Lillehammer	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom[46]
Bronze	Damjan Fras Robert Kranjec Primož Peterka Peter Žonta	2002 Salt Lake City	Ski jumping	Men's team (K120)[47]
Silver	Tina Maze	2010 Vancouver	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G[48]
Silver	Tina Maze	2010 Vancouver	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom[49]
Bronze	Petra Majdič	2010 Vancouver	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint[50]
Gold	Tina Maze	2014 Sochi	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill[51]
Gold	Tina Maze	2014 Sochi	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom[52]
Silver	Peter Prevc	2014 Sochi	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill individual[53]
Silver	Žan Košir	2014 Sochi	Snowboarding	Men's parallel slalom[54]
Bronze	Vesna Fabjan	2014 Sochi	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint[55]
Bronze	Teja Gregorin	2014 Sochi	Biathlon	Women's pursuit[56]
Bronze	Peter Prevc	2014 Sochi	Ski jumping	Men's large hill individual[57]
Bronze	Žan Košir	2014 Sochi	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom[58]
Silver	Jakov Fak	2018 Pyeongchang	Biathlon	Men's individual[59]
Bronze	Žan Košir	2018 Pyeongchang	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom[60]

Multiple medal winners[]

Athlete	Sex	Sport	Years	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Tina Maze	F	Alpine skiing	2002–2014	Winter	2	2	0	4
Iztok Čop	M	Rowing	1992–2012	Summer	1	1	2	4
Luka Špik	M	Rowing	2000–2012	Summer	1	1	1	3
Primož Kozmus	M	Athletics	2000–2012	Summer	1	1	0	2
Tina Trstenjak	F	Judo	2016–2020	Summer	1	1	0	2
Rajmond Debevec	M	Shooting	1984–2012	Summer	1	0	2	3
Urška Žolnir	F	Judo	2004–2012	Summer	1	0	1	2
Vasilij Žbogar	M	Sailing	2000–2016	Summer	0	2	1	3
Žan Košir	M	Snowboarding	2010–2018	Winter	0	1	2	3
Peter Prevc	M	Ski jumping	2010–2018	Winter	0	1	1	2

This list only contains Olympic medal winners for Slovenia as an independent country. Two medalists for Slovenia also won medals competing under different flags, Sadik Mujkić won a bronze at the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia, and Jakov Fak won a bronze at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Croatia.^[61]

List of pre-independence Slovenian medalists[]

This list contains Olympic medals won by Slovenian athletes before Slovenia started to participate as an independent country in 1992.^[62] The list includes both athletes who won individual medals and athletes who won medals as part of the team. Rudolf Cvetko won a medal as a member of Austrian team. All other athletes won medals for Yugoslavia, which corresponded to Kingdom of Yugoslavia for the Games from 1920 to 1936 and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988. Stojna Vangelovska, a Macedonian basketball player who won silver with women's team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics,^[62][63] and Vinko Jelovac, a basketball player born in Croatia who won silver with men's team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics,^[64] are sometimes included to lists of Slovenian medalists.^[62] Both spent important parts of their careers playing for Slovenian clubs. Vangelovska played at Ljubljana's ŽKD Ježica^[65] and Jelovac at Ljubljana's KK Olimpija. Jelovac was also twice chosen as Slovenian Sportsman of the Year in the 1970s.^[66] After the breakup of Yugoslavia, handball player Iztok Puc first played for the Croatian men's team, winning gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and later for Slovenian national team, thus becoming the only handball player to have represented three different teams at the Olympics.^[67]

Summer Olympics[]

Leon Štukelj was the most prominent pre-independence Slovenian athlete, winning six Olympic medals, including three gold.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Rudolf Cvetko	1912 Stockholm	Fencing	Men's team sabre[68]
Gold	Leon Štukelj	1924 Paris	Gymnastics	Men's individual all-around[69]
Gold	Leon Štukelj	1924 Paris	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar[70]
Gold	Leon Štukelj	1928 Amsterdam	Gymnastics	Men's rings[71]
Silver	Josip Primožič	1928 Amsterdam	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars[72]
Bronze	Leon Štukelj	1928 Amsterdam	Gymnastics	Men's individual all-around[73]
Bronze	Stane Derganc	1928 Amsterdam	Gymnastics	Men's vault[74]
Bronze	Edvard Antosiewicz Stane Derganc Boris Gregorka Anton Malej Janez Porenta Josip Primožič Leon Štukelj	1928 Amsterdam	Gymnastics	Men's team[75]
Silver	Leon Štukelj	1936 Berlin	Gymnastics	Men's rings[76]
Gold	Miroslav Cerar	1964 Tokyo	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse[77]
Bronze	Miroslav Cerar	1964 Tokyo	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar[78]
Gold	Miroslav Cerar	1968 Mexico City	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse[79]
Silver	Ivo Daneu Aljoša Žorga	1968 Mexico City	Basketball	Men's team[80]
Gold	Alenka Cuderman	1984 Los Angeles	Handball	Women's team[81]
Gold	Rolando Pušnik	1984 Los Angeles	Handball	Men's team[82]
Bronze	Srečko Katanec Marko Elsner	1984 Los Angeles	Football	Men's team[83]
Silver	Polona Dornik	1988 Seoul	Basketball	Women's team[84]
Silver	Jure Zdovc	1988 Seoul	Basketball	Men's team[85]
Bronze	Sadik Mujkić Bojan Prešern	1988 Seoul	Rowing	Men's coxlees pair[86]
Bronze	Iztok Puc Rolando Pušnik	1988 Seoul	Handball	Men's team[87]

Winter Olympics[]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Jure Franko	1984 Sarajevo	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom[88]
Silver	Matjaž Debelak Miran Tepeš Primož Ulaga Matjaž Zupan	1988 Calgary	Ski jumping	Team large hill[89]
Silver	Mateja Svet	1988 Calgary	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom[90]
Bronze	Matjaž Debelak	1988 Calgary	Ski jumping	Large hill individual[91]

See also[]

• List of flag bearers for Slovenia at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Slovenia
• Slovenia at the Paralympics

References[]

External links[]

• "Slovenia". International Olympic Committee.
• "Slovenia". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/SLO". olympanalyt.com.