Jaka Hvala Explained

Jaka Hvala
Birth Date:15 July 1993
Birth Place:Slovenia
Personalbest:213m (699feet)
Planica, 17 March 2012
Seasons:20122017
2019
Wins:1
Totalpodiums:1
Individual Starts:67

Jaka Hvala (born 15 July 1993) is a retired Slovenian ski jumper. In 2013, he became a Junior World Champion. His personal best jump is 213 metres, set in 2012 in Planica.

Career

Hvala made his World Cup debut in 2012 in Zakopane where he finished 29th. After some World Cup break, he gained points in Lahti with ninth place and in Oslo with eighth place. His first World Cup victory was in Klingenthal, at the large hill, in 2013.[1] He received an individual silver medal in 2012 and a bronze medal at the 2010 Junior World Championships in the team competition.

In World Cup, Hvala won three team events with the Slovenian national team.[2] He retired from professional ski jumping in August 2020.[2]

World Cup

Standings

 Season Overall
scope=row align=center2011–1244 46
scope=row align=center2012–1316 14 19
scope=row align=center2013–1450 26 26
scope=row align=center2014–15
scope=row align=center2015–1646 33
scope=row align=center2016–17
scope=row align=center2018–19

Individual wins

Notes and References

  1. News: Teenager jumps to maiden victory. euronews.com. 13 February 2013. 25 March 2017. 19 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130919004928/http://euronews.com/2013/02/13/teenager-jumps-to-maiden-victory/. dead.
  2. Web site: To. G. . Jaka Hvala končal kariero . . 11 August 2020 . Ljubljana . sl . 11 August 2020.