Tadeja Brankovič-Likozar

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Tadeja Brankovič (born 20 December 1979 in Kranj, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian biathlete. She has been a member of the Slovenian biathlon team since 1995. So far she has five podium finishes (two silver and three bronze medals) in the Biathlon World Cup.

The instructor in the Slovenian military, Tadeja Brankovic starts for TSK Merkur Kranj. Since 1995 she runs the Biathlon sport and has since also the national team. She now lives in Cerklje na Gorenjskem. Her debut in the Biathlon World Cup Brankovic was 1995 in a single (50) in Östersund. In her first season, they rarely achieved good results and came only three times in the points. Already in its second season, she came in Ostersund in sixth with a single first among the ten best. Her best finish was a second place in a World Cup sprint - again in Ostersund.

Since the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, she participated in all four Olympic games. They always started there in individual, sprint and in the season, 2006 in Turin in the pursuit. In the individual races they never came in the top 30 in the relay race, they achieved the best results 2002 in Salt Lake City in 2006 and ranks sixth. Looks like its balance sheet at the World Championships in which she participated since 1996 in at least one sub-discipline. Best finish was a 26th in singles at the World Championships in 2001 in Pokljuka.

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Olympic Games
Preceded by
Dejan Košir
Flagbearer for  Slovenia
Turin 2006
Succeeded by
Tina Maze
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