Petra Vlhová

Petra Vlhová
 Alpine skier 
Disciplines Slalom, Giant slalom
Club Ski Team VLHA
Liptovsky Mikulas
Born (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995
Liptovský Mikuláš,
Žilina, Slovakia
World Cup debut 29 December 2012
(age 17)
Website petravlhova.sk
Olympics
Teams 1 – (2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 2 – (2013, 2015)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 4th – (201316)
Wins 1 – (1 SL)
Podiums 3 – (3 SL)
Overall titles 0 – (81st in 2015)
Discipline titles 0 – (6th in SL, 2016)

Petra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovakia who specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She made her debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came three years later, a victory in slalom in December 2015 at Åre, Sweden. On 17 Jan 2016, for the first time she entered second run in giant slalom in Flachau and finished 14th.

Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1] She also won gold in the slalom competition at the 2014 Alpine Junior World Ski Championships in Jasná, Slovakia.[2]

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2013 17 91 41
2014 18
2015 19 81 34
2016 20 24 6

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
201613 Dec 2015 Åre, Sweden Slalom1st
29 Dec 2015 Lienz, Austria Slalom 3rd
15 Jan 2016 Flachau, Austria Slalom 3rd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2013 17 DNF1
2015 19 44 30

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 18 19 24

References

  1. "Náš tím". Petravlhova.sk. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  2. "Junior Worlds: Slalom gold for Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova". Fédération Internationale de Ski. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.

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