Eldar SALIHOVIC
MontenegroEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alpine Skiing |
Men's Giant Slalom | 41 | |
| Men's Slalom | 42 |
Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| 64 | Men's Giant Slalom | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR | 00:02:41.230 |
| DNF | Men's Slalom | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR | |
| Youth Olympic Games | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| 33 | Giant Slalom | 2016 | Lillehammer, NOR | 00:02:56.690 |
| DNF | Super Combined | 2016 | Lillehammer, NOR | |
| DNF | Slalom | 2016 | Lillehammer, NOR | |
| World Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| 42 | Giant Slalom Men | 2019 | Are, SWE | 2:38.77 |
Drawing, photographing, cycling. (Athlete, 3 Feb 2022)
Athlete
Applied Psychology - Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Donja Gorica (MNE).
Serbo-Croatian, English
Rudar Pljevlja (MNE)
National: Rajko Kosic (MNE)
2015 FIS event in Passo Monte Croce (Slalom - 53rd)
2015
First tried skiing when he was five years old in Zabljak, Montenegro. Over the next few years he fell in love with the sport. There is currently nowhere to ski close to his home in Plijevlja. When they took family trips to Durmitor-Zabljak national park, his father showed him skiers sliding on the snow. (vijesti.me, 30 Aug 2020)
“My dad set out to pass on his love for this sport to me.” He later moved into ski racing programs with Ratko Vujicic from Zabljak, a former national team ski racer, as his coach. (vijesti.me, 30 Aug 2020)
"Because of adrenaline and (the) snow." (Athlete, 3 Feb 2022)
Competing at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. (Athlete, 3 Feb 2022)
Finishing 42nd in giant slalom at the 2019 World Championships in Are, the best ever performance for Montenegro at the event.
At the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games, he was 33rd in giant slalom.
At the 2017 European Olympic Youth Festival at Erzurum, he finished 10th in giant slalom.
He was third in the 2018 Montenegro national championships giant slalom.
In Feb 2020 he won a FIS slalom in Piana Brasov (ROU).
His father, who passed on his love for skiing. (vijesti.me, 30 Aug 2020)
"I would like to learn as much as possible, first through my sports career, and later to be able to pass on my experiences and everything I went through as an athlete to young and talented people. Usually, what separates a top athlete from the average is the psyche, and it often takes not so much conversation for the average athlete to see how it is possible to be the best." (vijesti.me, 30 Aug 2020)
Served as Closing Ceremony flagbearer for Montenegro at both the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer and the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang.
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