Katja Koren Miklavec

First Olympic medal winners for Slovenia enter Hall of Fame

Published by The Slovenia Times on Sat, 02/02/2019 - 09:30

The trio was inaugurated into the elite club honoured by the Slovenian Sports Journalists Association as the first winners of Olympic medals for Slovenia.

Jure Košir (46), competed for 15 seasons in the World Cup to earn 3 wins and 20 podium finishes, but his biggest achievement was the bronze medal in the men's slalom at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.