Boštjan Kline Explained

Boštjan Kline
Disciplines:Downhill, Super-G
Club:SK Branik Maribor
Skis:Stoeckli
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Birth Date:9 March 1991
Birth Place:Maribor, Slovenia
Olympicteams:1 – (2018)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:5 – (20132021)
Worldsmedals:0
Wcseasons:9 – (201213, 201521)
Wcwins:1 – (1 DH)
Wcpodiums:3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Wcoveralls:0 – (20h in 2017)
Wctitles:0 – (10th in DH, 2017)
Show-Medals:yes

Boštjan Kline (born 9 March 1991) is a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. He has competed in fourWorld Championships,[1] and the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2]

Career

Kline made his World Cup debut in December 2009 in a super combined at Val d'Isere, France. He competed for Slovenia at the 2015 World Championships. He failed to finish the super-G, finished 33rd in the downhill, and was disqualified during the slalom run of the super combined.

In January 2016, Kline attained his first podium, a second-place finish in downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, finishing behind Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. About a month later, he achieved a second place podium finish in Hinterstoder in the super G, again finishing behind Kilde.

He gained his first World Cup victory in Norway at Kvitfjell in a downhill in February 2017.

World Cup results

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
18
19130 61 45
20135 54
21120 47 50
22
23101 44 39
2424 14 17 30
2520 11 10
2671 26 36 28
2786 22 57
28126 33
29813229

Standings through 17 January 2021

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2016 30 Jan 2016 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill2nd
align=right 27 Feb 2016 Hinterstoder, Austria Super-G2nd
2017align=right bgcolor= "#BOEOE6" 24 Feb 2017 align=left Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 1st

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
21 DSQ1
23 DSQ1
25DNF7
27DNF20DNF2
29

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's Downhill Official Results. 8 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Olympedia – Boštjan Kline . 2024-05-24 . www.olympedia.org.