Katja Višnar Explained

Katja Višnar
Birth Date:21 March 1984
Birth Place:Bled, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Height:1.74 m
Club:TSK Bled
Spouse:Ola Vigen Hattestad
Seasons:13 – (20072015, 20172020)
Wins:0
Totalpodiums:3
Teamwins:0
Teampodiums:1
Individual Starts:161
Team Starts:20
Wcoveralls:0 – (22nd in 2014)
Wctitles:0
Updated:30 March 2020
Show-Medals:yes

Katja Višnar (born 21 March 1984) is a Slovenian, former cross-country skier who competed between 2002 and 2020. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 11th in the team sprint, 15th in the 4 × 5 km relay, and 16th in the individual sprint events.

Višnar's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was second in the team sprint event at Seefeld in 2019 in pair with Anamarija Lampič.

Her best World Cup finish was second in a team sprint event in Russia in January 2010 and her best individual sprint finish was ninth at that same event. On 5 February 2011 she repeated her success at the World Cup finishing second in the sprint in Russia behind her compatriot Vesna Fabjan.

She announced her retirement from cross-country skiing in January 2020.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
25 10
29 9
33

World Championships

 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
22
24
26 5
28 6
30 9
32 8
34 Silver

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
Ski Tour
2020
World Cup
Final
23 101 70
24 55 39
25 63 40
26 44 1142
27 30 8
28 35 13 45
29 40 14
30 22 826 59 41
31 256
33 39 16 41
34 46 16
35 32 1354 55
36 46 18

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  2010–11 5 February 2011 Rybinsk, Russia 1.3 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
2  2013–14 1 March 2014 Lahti, Finland 1.55 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
3  2014–15 29 November 2014 Rukatunturi, Finland 1.4 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd

Team podiums

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holmberg . Ludvig . VM-hjälten lägger av: "Det är så jobbigt..." . . 29 March 2020 . Swedish . 11 January 2020.
  2. Web site: VISNAR Katja . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 24 December 2019.