Cene Prevc (born 12 March 1996) is a retired Slovenian ski jumper.

Cene Prevc
Prevc in 2023
CountrySlovenia
Born (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 28)
Kranj, Slovenia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Personal best246 m (807 ft)
Planica, 27 March 2022
World Cup career
Seasons20132018
20202022
Starts73
Podiums1
Medal record
Representing  Slovenia
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2022 BeijingTeam LH

Career edit

On 18 February 2013, Prevc won the individual event at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival (EYOF) with a combined points of 261.0.[2] With this victory Cene followed the path of his brother Peter, who also won the EYOF individual event back in 2009.[3] He made his World Cup debut in the 2013–14 season in Planica.

In 2022, he ended his ski jumping career to focus on studying.[4]

Personal life edit

Prevc was born in Kranj to Božidar and Julijana Prevc; the family has since been living in the village of Dolenja Vas. He has two brothers and two sisters.[5][6] Both his brothers, Peter and Domen, and one of his sisters, Nika, are also FIS Ski Jumping World Cup jumpers.[5] His father, who owns a furniture business, is also an international ski jumping referee.[7]

World Cup edit

Standings edit

SeasonOverall4HSFRA
2012–13N/A
2013–1470N/A
2014–1559N/A
2015–16N/A
2016–17402441
2017–18
2019–203345
2020–21382627N/A
2021–221040214

Individual starts edit

winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q)
Season12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031Points
2012–13 0
qq
2013–14 19
1627
2014–15 27
1743183841q
2015–16 0
46q
2016–17 67
3029824403426q2128332444403642q
2017–18 0
39
2019–20 112
36221915261938193221151335
2020–21 83
3710192923q373624172622
2021–22 657
85205622711132715126171439107562437297

References edit

  1. ^ "Cene Prevc – Player Profile – Ski Jumping". Eurosport. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ "European Youth Olympic Festival Rasnov (ROU)". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. ^ "EYOF 2013: Cene Prevc holt Einzel-Gold" [EYOF 2013: Cene Prevc took individual gold] (in German). Skispringen News. 18 February 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Cene Prevc dal študiju prednost pred skoki" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Mama Petra Prevca: Strah me je! A ne na zaletišču, nekje drugje". Ekipa24 (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. ^ Kastelic, Peter (2 February 2015). "Najmlajši od bratov Prevc: O skokih se doma redko pogovarjamo" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  7. ^ Lopatič, Jaka (20 January 2016). "Oče Petra Prevca bo v Oslu pod dodatnim drobnogledom" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

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