Jure Kosir (SLO)
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24,04.1972 Mojstrana
185cm / 90kg
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SKI: Rossignol
BOOTS: Rossignol
BINDING: Rossignol
2006 Retired
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| Kitzbuhel 99 SL/ 1st |
Kitzbuhel 2000 SL |
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| Kitzbuhel 01 SL/2nd |
Shigakogen 01-II SL/3rd |
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World Cup Ranking
General
1992/112nd, 1993/26th,
1994/15th, 1995/3rd,
1996/13th, 1997/30th,
1998/21st, 1999/12th, 2000/31st, 2001/25th, 2002/43rd, 2003/146th,
2004/83rd, 2005/85th, 2006/123rd.
Special
1994 SL/3rd, 1995 SL/3rd,
GS/2nd, 1999/2nd.
2000 SL/10th, 2001 SL/6th, 2002 SL/13th, GS/42nd, 2003 SL/59th.
2004 SL/33rd. 2005 SL/32nd. 2005 SL/52th.
World Championships
1993 Morioka K/7th.
1996 Sierra Nevada GS/8th.
1997 Sestriere SL/12th.
1999 Vail SL/10th.
2001 St.Anton SL/8th.
2005 Bormio. SL/DNF.
Olympic Games
1992 Albertvill. SL/19th, GS/22nd, SG/29th, K/13th.
1994 Lillehammer. SL/3rd, GS/23rd, K/10th.
1998 Nagano. GS/5th, SL/DNF.
2002 Salt Lake City. SL/8th.
World Cup - 3 w. ( 3 SL)
| 1. |
SL: |
Madonna di Campiglio 94, Kranjska Gora 99,
Kitzbuhel 99. |
| 2. |
SL: |
Lech 93, Park City 94, Kitzbuhel 95, Kranjska Gora 96, Kitzbuhel 01, |
| GS: |
Adelboden 95, Furano 95, |
| 3. |
SL: |
Stoneham 94, Chamonix 94, Garmisch 94, Lech 95-I , Wengen 95,
Flachau 96, Kitzbuhel 96, Lillehammer 96, Sestriere 99,
Shigakogen 01-II, |
| 4. |
SL: |
Veysonnaz 93, Sestriere 95, Furano 95, Kitzbuhel 98-II, |
| GS: |
Kranjska Gora 95, Vail 96, |
| 5. |
SL: |
Garmisch 95, Park City 96, Madonna 97, Veysonnaz
98, Schladming 99.
Madonna 00, Aspen 02-I, |
| GS: |
Shigakogen 97. |
| 6. |
GS: |
Tignes 95, Bormio 95, Park City 96, |
| SL: |
Lech 95-II, Vail 96, Breckenridge 97, Kranjska Gora 98, Park City 99,
Ofterschwang 99, Adelboden 00, Schladming 01, Are 01, |
| 7. |
GS: |
Val d'Isere 95, |
| SL: |
Sestriere 97, Kranjska Gora 00, |
| 8. |
GS: |
Soelden 97, |
| SL: |
Kranjska Gora 93, Garmisch 93, Sestriere 94, Schladming 98,
Yong Pyong 98, Sestriere 01, Adelboden 02, |
| 9. |
GS: |
Alta Badia 95, Kranjska Gora 97, Adelboden 98, |
| SL: |
Madonna 93, Kitzbuhel 94, 98-I, Wengen 00, Artenmarkt 02, , |
| 10. |
GS: |
Breckenridge 97, |
| SL: |
Park City 97, Kitzbuhel 97, Kranjska Gora 04. |
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In the absence of Alberto Tomba, Jure Kosir
has become one of the most popular and appealing
personalities on the World Cup circuit. The
27-year-old star from Mojstrana, near Ljubljana,
is not only one of the best slalom skiers
in the world, but also a successful musician
and singer. He plays in a rap band - the
"Hound's Cartel" - which has sold
tens of
thousands CD's in the past few years. He
is also a big basketball fan and loves fast
speedboats. In spite of earlier success,
Jure finished out of the medals at the Vail
Worlds and then could not catch Thomas Stangassinger
of Austria for the 1999 slalom World Cup
title. However, Kosir was very happy with
his victories at home in Kranjska Gora and
in a tough slalom at Kitzbuhel. He hadn't
win a World Cup race since his first success
in December 1993 at Madonna di Campiglio.
An Olympic bronze medal winner in 1994 at
Lillehammer, Jure was a top contender in
the World Cup in 1995, finishing 3rd in the
final Overall standings thanks to a series
of top-3 results in GS and slalom. He had
another good season in 1996 but health problems
slowed him in 1997/98. Training staff changes
in spring 1998 gave Jure new motivation.
He trained
hard and improved his standings in the early
races. Unfortunately there were more political
problems within the Slovenian team in the
spring which seems to have affected Kosir's
mental focus and preparation. This season,
Jure Kosir looks ready to pounce back onto
the podium both in GS and Slalom despite
a serious health problem in fall (food poisoning)
. And he'll be rappin' all the way.
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