Žan Košir

Žan Košir
Košir in 2015
Personal information
Born (1984-04-11) 11 April 1984
Kranj, SFR Yugoslavia
Sport
ClubKD Zakon
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Slovenia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2014 SochiParallel slalom
Bronze medal – third place2014 SochiParallel giant slalom
Bronze medal – third place2018 PyeongchangParallel giant slalom
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 KreischbergParallel giant slalom

Žan Košir (born 11 April 1984) is a Slovenian snowboarder.[1]

Košir represented Slovenia at the 2010 Winter Olympics where he finished 6th in parallel giant slalom. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Košir won a bronze medal in the same discipline, beating Patrick Bussler of Germany in the bronze medal race.[2][3]

World Cup results

Season titles

  • 3 titles – (1 parallel overall, 1 parallel giant slalom, 1 parallel slalom)
Season Discipline
2015Parallel Overall
Parallel Giant Slalom
Parallel Slalom

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2008–200921 Dec 2008Switzerland Arosa, SwitzerlandParallel Slalom3rd
7 Jan 2013Austria Kreischberg, AustriaParallel Slalom3rd
2012–201311 Jan 2013Austria Bad Gastein, AustriaParallel Slalom3rd
12 Jan 2013Parallel Slalom1st
8 Feb 2013Slovenia Rogla, SloveniaParallel GS2nd
2013–201413 Dec 2013Italy Carezza, ItalyParallel GS2nd
12 Jan 2014Austria Bad Gastein, AustriaParallel Slalom2nd
18 Jan 2014Slovenia Rogla, SloveniaParallel GS2nd
2014–201516 Dec 2014Italy Carezza, ItalyParallel GS2nd
18 Dec 2014Austria Montafon, AustriaParallel Slalom2nd
9 Jan 2015Austria Bad Gastein, AustriaParallel Slalom1st
31 Jan 2015Slovenia Rogla, SloveniaParallel GS3rd
7 Feb 2015Germany Sudelfeld, GermanyParallel GS3rd
28 Feb 2015Japan Asahikawa, JapanParallel GS1st
1 Mar 2015Parallel Slalom1st

Olympic results

  Year   Age Parallel
 Slalom 		Parallel
 Giant Slalom 
Canada 2010 Vancouver25not held6
Russia 2014 Sochi2923
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang33not held3
China 2022 Beijing 37 not held 11

World Championships results

  Year   Age Parallel
 Slalom 		Parallel
 Giant Slalom 
Canada 2005 Whistler20-DNF
South Korea 2009 Gangwon24139
Spain 2011 La Molina26106
Canada 2013 Stoneham28314
Austria 2015 Kreischberg3052
United States 2019 Park City 34 10 5
Slovenia 2021 Rogia 37 19 21

References

  1. ↑ Žan Košir at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  2. ↑ "Žan KoÅ¡ir Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Finals - Snowboard - Sochi 2014 Olympics". Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
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