Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame (slovene: "Hram slavnih slovenskih športnikov") was founded in 2011 by "Society of Slovenian Sports Journalists" (Društvo športnih novinarjev Slovenije)[1] and includes best slovenian of athletes of all time from different sport discipline. This hall will be in function in 2012. At Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year event in december 2011 they inducteed in the first two slovenian athletes, Leon Štukelj and Miro Cerar.
For more than a year and half Society of Slovenian Sports Journalists was preparing for the foundation of the "Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame". They did this with one goal, to keep Slovenian athletes with great international results alive in our minds. They want to keep all sports equipment conected with this great athletes and save historic sport events from articles of already retired sports journalists and all others.[2]
With this Hall of Fame of Slovenian athlets Society wants to invites visitors, students and all fans of sport, to keep Slovenian sport history alive, to allow best conditions for working of All Slovenian Sports Museum.
| Year | Inductees | Sport | Best result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Leon Štukelj | gymnastics | 3 olympic golds (1924, 1928) |
| Miro Cerar | gymnastics | 2 olympic golds (1964, 1968) |