Slovenia at the Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Slovenia Slovenia first participated as an independent nation at the Olympic Games in 1992, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. Slovenian athletes first competed at the Olympics in 1912 as a part of the Austrian team, when Rudolf Cvetko became the first Slovene winning an Olympic medal, a silver in team sabre. Then, until the independence, they competed as a part of Yugoslavia. Only olympic summer medals for Kingdom of Yugoslavia before WW2 were won by Slovenian athletes. In those pre-war times Slovenian sportsmen were very successful in gymnastics, where they achived 8 medals. Three gold, two silver and three bronze medals. Most successfull sportsman was late Leon Štukelj(3 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze). He is still the most decorated Slovenian Olympic sportsman.

The National Olympic Committee for Slovenia was created in 1991 and recognized in 1993.

Slovenian athletes have won a total of nineteen medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another fifteen at the Winter Olympic Games.

Medal tables by Games

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

Games	AthletesαἉ	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1912 Stockholm	as part of  Austria (AUT)
1920–1988	as part of  Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 Barcelona	35	0	0	2	2	52
1996 Atlanta	37	0	2	0	2	55
2000 Sydney	74	2	0	0	2	35
2004 Athens	79	0	1	3	4	63
2008 Beijing	62	1	2	2	5	41
2012 London	65	1	1	2	4	42
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
Total		4	6	9	19	66

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924–1988	as part of  Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 Albertville	27	0	0	0	0	–
1994 Lillehammer	22	0	0	3	3	20
1998 Nagano	34	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	40	0	0	1	1	23
2006 Turin	37	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	47	0	2	1	3	21
2014 Sochi	66	2	2	4	8	16
2018 Pyeongchang
Total		2	4	9	15	38

Medals by summer sport

Athletics	1	2	1	4
Rowing	1	1	3	5
Judo	1	0	2	3
Shooting	1	0	2	3
Sailing	0	1	1	2
Canoeing	0	1	0	1
Swimming	0	1	0	1
Total	4	6	9	19

Medals by winter sport

Alpine skiing	2	2	3	7
Ski jumping	0	1	2	3
Snowboarding	0	1	1	2
Cross-country skiing	0	0	2	2
Biathlon	0	0	1	1
Total	2	4	9	15

List of medalists

Summer Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Iztok Čop Denis Žvegelj	1992 Barcelona	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
Bronze	Milan Janša Janez Klemenčič Sašo Mirjanič Sadik Mujkić	1992 Barcelona	Rowing	Men's coxless four
Silver	Brigita Bukovec	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 100 metre hurdles
Silver	Andraž Vehovar	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's K-1 slalom
Gold	Iztok Čop Luka Špik	2000 Sydney	Rowing	Men's double sculls
Gold	Rajmond Debevec	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions
Silver	Iztok Čop and Luka Špik	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's double sculls
Bronze	Jolanda Čeplak	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 800 metres
Bronze	Urška Žolnir	2004 Athens	Judo	Women's half-middleweight
Bronze	Vasilij Žbogar	2004 Athens	Sailing	Men's Laser class
Gold	Primož Kozmus	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
Silver	Vasilij Žbogar	2008 Beijing	Sailing	Men's laser class
Silver	Sara Isakovič	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Bronze	Lucija Polavder	2008 Beijing	Judo	Women's half-heavyweight
Bronze	Rajmond Debevec	2008 Beijing	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle three positions
Gold	Urška Žolnir	2012 London	Judo	Women's half-middleweight
Silver	Primož Kozmus	2012 London	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
Bronze	Iztok Čop Luka Špik	2012 London	Rowing	Men's double sculls
Bronze	Rajmond Debevec	2012 London	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle prone

Winter Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Alenka Dovžan	1994 Lillehammer	Alpine skiing	Women's combined
Bronze	Jure Košir	1994 Lillehammer	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Bronze	Katja Koren	1994 Lillehammer	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Damjan Fras Robert Kranjec Primož Peterka Peter Žonta	2002 Salt Lake City	Ski jumping	Men's team (K120)
Silver	Tina Maze	2010 Vancouver	Alpine skiing	Women's Super-G
Silver	Tina Maze	2010 Vancouver	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Bronze	Petra Majdič	2010 Vancouver	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint
Gold	Tina Maze	2014 Sochi	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
Gold	Tina Maze	2014 Sochi	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Silver	Peter Prevc	2014 Sochi	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill individual
Silver	Žan Košir	2014 Sochi	Snowboarding	Men's parallel slalom
Bronze	Vesna Fabjan	2014 Sochi	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint
Bronze	Teja Gregorin	2014 Sochi	Biathlon	Women's pursuit
Bronze	Peter Prevc	2014 Sochi	Ski jumping	Men's large hill individual
Bronze	Žan Košir	2014 Sochi	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom

Multiple medal winners

Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Sex	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Tina Maze	Alpine skiing	2002-2014	Winter	F	2	2	0	4
Iztok Čop	Rowing	1992-2012	Summer	M	1	1	2	4
Luka Špik	Rowing	2000-2012	Summer	M	1	1	1	3
Primož Kozmus	Athletics	2000-2012	Summer	M	1	1	0	2
Rajmond Debevec	Shooting	1984-2012	Summer	M	1	0	2	3
Urška Žolnir	Judo	2004-2012	Summer	F	1	0	1	2
Vasilij Žbogar	Sailing	2000-2012	Summer	M	0	1	1	2
Peter Prevc	Ski jumping	2010-2014	Winter	M	0	1	1	2
Žan Košir	Snowboarding	2010-2014	Winter	M	0	1	1	2

This list only contains Olympic medal winners for Slovenia as an independent country. Among listed medalists, Sadik Mujkić also won two Olympic medals, one of which was a bronze at the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia.

See also

• List of flag bearers for Slovenia at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Slovenia
• Slovenia at the Paralympics

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
• "Olympic Committee Of Slovenia Association of Sport". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-12-22.