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(Redirected from Glorija Kotnik) Slovenian snowboarder (born 1989)
Gloria Kotnik
Kotnik in 2009
CountrySlovenia
Born (1989-06-01) 1 June 1989 (age 35)
Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Ski clubDeska Velenje
World Cup career
Seasons2006–2015
2017–2020
2022–present
Indiv. starts165
Indiv. podiums1
Indiv. wins1
Team starts12
Team podiums1
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Parallel giant slalom
Winter Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Erzurum Parallel giant slalom
Updated on 14 January 2025.

Gloria Kotnik (born 1 June 1989) is a Slovenian snowboarder. She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she finished 27th in parallel giant slalom. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she finished 24th in parallel giant slalom. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the women's parallel giant slalom event. This was also her first podium in career as her best results in World Cup competition prior to the 2022 Olympics were three fourth places.

Winter Olympics results

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
Year Parallel
giant slalom 		Parallel
slalom
Canada 2010 Vancouver 27 —
Russia 2014 Sochi 24 23
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 15 —
China 2022 Beijing 3 —

Personal life

Kotnik studied management at University of Primorska. In March 2020, she decided to take a break from competitive sport due to burnout and to focus on family. She gave birth to her son Maj in January 2021, and returned to competing in December 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Gloria Kotnik". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. "Gloria Kotnik – Player Profile – Snowboard". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. "SR Olympic Sports: Glorija Kotnik". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  4. "Mastnak nadaljuje slovenski deskarski niz medalj, Kotnik z bronom spisala senzacijo" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. "Novice FM – Februar 2014" (PDF) (in Slovenian). University of Primorska. p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Gloria Kotnik na vrtiljaku čustev: Nisem še dojela, kaj imam okrog vratu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  7. Robnik, Špela (3 November 2021). "Gloria Kotnik o materinstvu in pasteh vrhunskega športa". Mična (in Slovenian). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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