Boštjan Kline
| — Alpine skier — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SK Branik Maribor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
9 March 1991 Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut |
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| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2013, 2015, 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 5 – (2012–13, 2015–17) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 – (1 DH) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 3 – (2 DH, 1 SG) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (20h in 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (10th in DH, 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Boštjan Kline (born 9 March 1991) is a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. He has competed in three World Championships.[1]
Career
Kline made his World Cup debut in December 2009 in the Super Combined at Val d'Isere, France. He competed for Slovenia at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. He failed to finish the super-G, finished 33rd in the Downhill and was disqualified during the slalom run of the super combined.
In January 2016, Kline attained his first podium, a second-place finish in downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, finishing behind Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway. About a month later, he achieved a second place podium finish in Hinterstoder in the super G, again finishing behind Kilde.
He gained his first World Cup victory in Norway at Kvitfjell in a downhill in February 2017.
World Cup results
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 19 | 130 | — | — | 61 | 45 | — |
| 2012 | 20 | 135 | — | — | 54 | — | — |
| 2013 | 21 | 120 | — | — | 47 | 50 | — |
| 2014 | 22 | ||||||
| 2015 | 23 | 101 | — | — | 44 | 39 | — |
| 2016 | 24 | 24 | — | — | 14 | 17 | 30 |
| 2017 | 25 | 20 | — | — | 11 | 10 | — |
Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 30 Jan 2016 |  Garmisch, Germany |
Downhill | 2nd |
| 27 Feb 2016 |  Hinterstoder, Austria |
Super-G | 2nd | |
| 2017 | 24 Feb 2017 |  Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 1st |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 21 | — | — | 30 | DNF | DSQ1 |
| 2015 | 23 | — | — | DNF | 33 | DSQ1 |
| 2017 | 25 | — | — | DNF | 7 | — |
References
- ↑ "Men's Downhill Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
External links
- Boštjan Kline at the International Ski Federation
- FIS-ski.com – Boštjan Kline – World Cup season standings
- Ski-db.com – results – Bostjan Kline
- Stöckli Skis – alpine racers – Bostjan Kline