Petra Vlhová

Petra Vlhová
 Alpine skier 
Disciplines Slalom, Giant slalom
Club Vojenské športové centrum Dukla Banská Bystrica
Born (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995
Liptovský Mikuláš,
Slovakia
World Cup debut 29 December 2012 (age 17)
Website petravlhova.sk
Olympics
Teams 1 – (2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 3 – (2013, 2015, 2017)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 5 – (20132017)
Wins 2 – (2 SL)
Podiums 6 – (6 SL)
Overall titles 0 – (10th in 2017)
Discipline titles 0 – (5th in SL, 2017)

Petra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovakian World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She made her debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came three years later, a victory in slalom in December 2015 at Åre, Sweden. On 17 Jan 2016, for the first time she entered second run in giant slalom in Flachau and finished 14th.

Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1] She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia.[2]

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2013 17 91 42
2014 18
2015 19 81 34
2016 20 24 6 40
2017 21 10 5 11

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
201613 Dec 2015 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom1st
29 Dec 2015 Austria Lienz, Austria Slalom 3rd
15 Jan 2016 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom 3rd
2017 12 Nov 2016 Finland Levi, Finland Slalom 3rd
3 Jan 2017 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 2nd
18 Mar 2017 United States Aspen, USA Slalom1st

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Team event
2013 17 DNF1 9
2015 19 44 30
2017 21 4 8 2

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 18 19 24

References

  1. "Náš tím". Petravlhova.sk. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  2. "Junior Worlds: Slalom gold for Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova". Fédération Internationale de Ski. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
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