Franci Petek

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Franci Petek

Medal record
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
Gold 1991 Val di Fiemme Individual large hill

Franci Petek (born June 15, 1971) is a Slovenian geographer and former ski jumper. Petek competed from 1990 to 1995. At the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Petek won a gold medal for Yugoslavia in the individual large hill.

Petek's best finish at the Winter Olympics was 6th in the team large hill competition and 8th in the individual large hill at Albertville in 1992. He also finished 22nd in the 1990 Ski-flying World Championships and his only other victory was in an individual large hill competition at Engelberg, Switzerland in 1990.

Since 2000 he is married to Polona Kamenšek and they have three children.

World Cup Podiums

Season Date Location Place
1989-90 11 Feb 1990 Switzerland Engelberg, Switzerland 1st
1990-91 8 Dec 1990 Canada Thunder Bay, Canada 3rd
9 Dec 1990 2nd
1991-92 7 Jan 1992 Austria Bischofshofen, Austria 3rd
1992-93 23 Jan 1993 Italy Predazzo, Italy 2nd

References

Olympic Games
Preceded by
First
Flagbearer for  Slovenia
Albertville 1992
Succeeded by
Jure Košir


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