Jure Košir Explained

Jure Košir
Disciplines:Giant slalom, slalom
Club:ASK Kranjska Gora
Birth Date:24 April 1972
Wcdebut:24 November 1991
Retired:25 March 20
Olympicmedals:1
Olympicgolds:0
Worldsmedals:0
Worldsgolds:0
Wcseasons:15
Wcwins:3
Wcpodiums:20
Wcoveralls:0
Wctitles:0
Show-Medals:yes

Jure Košir (; born 24 April 1972 is a former Slovenian alpine skier.

Career

Košir's first international success was the title of the world junior champion in super-G, won in Hemsedal in 1991. Later he focused in technical disciplines, esp. slalom and made quick progress, noticed also by his good friend, Italian champion Alberto Tomba. The first peak of his career was achieved in the season 1993/94 when he achieved the first World Cup victory for independent Slovenia, won the bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and finished the season at the 3rd place of the World Cup slalom standings.

The next season, 1994/95, was successful as well. He couldn't beat Alberto Tomba but he won three World Cup medals: silver in giant slalom standings, bronze in slalom and overall standings.

The next few seasons were slightly less successful until he reached his second peak of his career in 1998/99 when he won two more slalom races (one of them was at his "home" resort in Kranjska Gora) and finished the season at the 2nd place of the World Cup slalom standings. After this season his career gradually went down so in 2005 he announced he would conclude his career after the 2005/06 season. He confirmed his retirement after the 2006 Winter Olympics when he was not chosen to compete in slalom.

Besides that he won additional 20 top 3 podiums, 18 of them at slalom.

Besides his achievements in sport, he has also engaged in musical activity in the mid-1990s, during the peak of his popularity. He recorded a few rap songs, one of them, "Včasih smučam hit, včasih pa počas" ("Sometimes I ski fast, sometimes I ski slowly"), being quite popular in Slovenia. He was also a member of a rap group, Pasji kartel ("Dog's cartel").

He officially ended his skiing career on 25 March 2006 with an event in Kranjska Gora including special skiing competition between ski legends (Bojan Križaj, Ingemar Stenmark, Boris Strel, Mateja Svet, Alberto Tomba and many others) and many music performances.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
19 112 42 49
20 26 6 34
21 15 3 23
22 3 3 2
23 13 5 17
24 30 16 13
25 21 8 19
26 12 2 18
27 31 10 41
28 25 6
29 43 13 42
30 146 59
31 83 33
32 85 32
33 123 52

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePosition
1993 17 January 1993 Lech, Austria Slalom2nd
1994 28 November 1993 Park City, United States Slalom2nd
5 December 1993 Stoneham, Canada Slalom3rd
20 December 1993 Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom1st
30 January 1994 Chamonix, France Slalom3rd
6 February 1994 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Slalom3rd
1995 20 December 1994 Lech, Austria Slalom3rd
15 January 1995 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom2nd
22 January 1995 Wengen, Switzerland Slalom3rd
4 February 1995 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom2nd
20 February 1995 Furano, Japan Giant slalom2nd
1996 22 December 1995 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom2nd
7 January 1996 Flachau, Austria Slalom3rd
14 January 1996 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom3rd
10 March 1996 Hafjell, Norway Slalom3rd
1999 14 December 1998 Sestriere, Italy Slalom3rd
6 January 1999 Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom1st
24 January 1999 Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom1st
2001 21 January 2001 Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom2nd
18 February 2001 Shigakogen, Japan Slalom3rd

Olympic Games results

SeasonAgeSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
19 13
21
25
29

World championships results

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SeasonAgeSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
23 DNF2 8
24 12 DNF1
26 10 19
28 8
30 did not compete
32 DNF1