Mateja Svet

Mateja Svet

Disciplines	Super-G, Giant slalom, Slalom, Combined
Born	August 16, 1968 (1968-08-16) (age 43) Ljubljana, Slovenia
World Cup debut	January 15, 1984
Retired	March 14, 1990
Olympics
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Medals	5 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	7
Wins	7
Podiums	22
Overall titles	0
Discipline titles	1
Medal record Women's Alpine Skiing Competitor for  Yugoslavia Silver 1988 Calgary Giant slalom World Championships Gold 1989 Vail Slalom Silver 1987 Crans-Montana Giant slalom Bronze 1987 Crans-Montana Slalom Bronze 1987 Crans-Montana Super-G Bronze 1989 Vail Giant slalom

Mateja Svet ( pronunciation (help·info)) (born August 16, 1968) is a former Slovenian alpine skier. Debuting in the 1983/1984 season, she won the first Slovenian female skiing victory in 1986. She was born in Ljubljana.

Svet won the World Cup giant slalom title in the 1987/1988 season, won silver medal in giant slalom in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary,^[1] won three medals in 1987 World Championship in Crans-Montana (bronze in slalom and super G, silver in giant slalom) and two medals in 1989 World Championship in Vail^[2] - gold in slalom, later when the bronze Christelle Guignard was disqualified due to doping, also bronze in giant slalom. In her rather short career—she quit by the age of 22—she got seven World cup victories, 22 World Cup podiums and 54 World Cup top tens. From 1985 till 1990 she qualified no lower than 7th in the overall World Cup standings.

World Cup victories

Overall victories

Season	Discipline
1988	Giant Slalom

Date	Location	Race
February 8, 1986	Vysoke Tatry	Giant slalom
March 22, 1986	Bromont	Giant slalom
January 30, 1988	Kranjska Gora	Giant slalom
January 31, 1988	Kranjska Gora	Slalom
March 3, 1988	Saalbach	Giant slalom
January 20, 1990	Maribor	Giant slalom
February 5, 1990	Veysonnaz	Giant slalom

References

1. ^ "Slovene Winter Olympic Medals". Republic of Slovenia Government Communication Office. http://www.ukom.gov.si/eng/calendar/events/winter-olympic-games/winter-sports/medals/. Retrieved 2008-07-28. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Rodošek, Ljubica. "Slovene Rankings in Alpine Skiing". Republic of Slovenia Government Communication Office. http://www.ukom.gov.si/eng/calendar/events/winter-olympic-games/winter-sports/slovene-rankings/. Retrieved 2008-07-28. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Ski-DB.com - Results - Mateja Svet

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Veselin Vujović	The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1987	Succeeded by Jasna Šekarić

Persondata
Name	Svet, Mateja
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 16, 1968
Place of birth	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date of death
Place of death