Matic Skube Explained

Matic Skube
Disciplines:Slalom, giant slalom
Club:APT – SK Alpetour
Birth Date:23 February 1988
Birth Place:Kranj, SFR Yugoslavia
Wcdebut:12 November 2006
(age 18)
Retired:4 June 2016
(age 28)
Olympicteams:1 – (2010)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:3 – (2011, 2013, 2015)
Wcseasons:5 – (201012, 201516)
Show-Medals:yes

Matic Skube (born February 23, 1988, in Kranj, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired alpine skier from Slovenia.[1] He competed for Slovenia at the 2010 Winter Olympics where he failed to finish the first run of the slalom.[2]

At the World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2007, he won the gold medal in slalom.[3] He won World Cup points seven times, last time on 15 March 2015 in Kranjska Gora with 27th place in slalom. His best result is 12th place, also in slalom, in 2011 in Adelboden.

He was included in Slovenian Men's team for the 2016–17 season, but on 4 June 2016 he announced his retirement from the sport.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matic Skube. SKI-DB. 18 December 2010.
  2. Web site: Men's Slalom results . Vancouver 2010 . 18 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100408234256/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/schedule-and-results/mens-slalom-1st-run_asm020101Je.html . 8 April 2010 .
  3. Web site: Slalom Results. FIS. 18 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20121022051148/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=94075&raceid=49039. 22 October 2012. dead.
  4. News: Nekdanji mladinski svetovni prvak v slalomu končal kariero. Former Junior World Champion in slalom retires. sl. 4 June 2016. 13 February 2017. RTV Slovenija.