Bostjan KLINE

Slovenia

Alpine Skiing

Date of Birth: 9 Mar 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MARIBOR

Birth Country:

Slovenia

Residence: MARIBOR

Residence Country:

Slovenia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Alpine Skiing	Men's Downhill	10
	Men's Super-G	20

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Men's Downhill 1st Training	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Men's Downhill 2nd Training	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Men's Downhill 3rd Training	Cancelled
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Men's Downhill	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Men's Super-G	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
10	Men's Super G	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:01:25.360
27	Men's Downhill	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:01:43.030
DNF	Men's Alpine Combined	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
7	Downhill Men	2017	St. Moritz, SUI	1:39.43
15	Downhill Men	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA	1:39.24
20	Downhill Men	2019	Are, SWE	1:21.43
24	Super G Men	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA	1:21.74
30	Super G Men	2013	Schladming, AUT	1:27.02
33	Downhill Men	2015	Vail / Beaver Creek, USA	1:45.91

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Downhill	Super G	Alpine Combined
2021/2022	67	22
2020/2021	106	42	45
2019/2020	126		33
2018/2019	86	57	22
2017/2018	71	36	26	28
2016/2017	20	10	11
2015/2016	24	17	14	30
2014/2015	101	39	44
2012/2013	120	50	47
2011/2012	135		54
2010/2011	130	45

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Downhill	Super G	Alpine combined	Team Parallel Mixed	Super Combined
2021/2022	2 x 11th	1 x 42nd
2020/2021	1 x 17th	1 x 19th
2019/2020	2 x 38th	1 x 18th	1 x 33rd
2018/2019	1 x 27th	1 x 12th
2017/2018	1 x 21st	1 x 13th	1 x 17th	1 x 5th
2016/2017	1 x 1st	1 x 5th
2015/2016	1 x 2nd	1 x 2nd	1 x 16th
2014/2015	1 x 13th	1 x 20th
2012/2013	1 x 27th	1 x 25th
2011/2012	1 x 34th	1 x 25th			1 x 33rd
2010/2011	1 x 15th	1 x 32nd

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
11	Downhill	2021/2022	Val Gardena-Groeden, ITA	2:03.27
11	Downhill	2021/2022	Lake Louise, CAN	1:48.83
17	Downhill	2021/2022	Beaver Creek, USA	1:41.49
20	Downhill	2021/2022	Wengen, SUI	2:28.66
21	Downhill	2021/2022	Bormio, ITA	1:56.80
22	Downhill	2021/2022	Beaver Creek, USA
31	Downhill	2021/2022	Wengen, SUI	1:44.61
42	Super G	2021/2022	Beaver Creek, USA	1:13.55
45	Super G	2021/2022	Lake Louise, CAN
52	Super G	2021/2022	Bormio, ITA	1:31.99

Nickname:

Bosko. (Athlete, 17 Oct 2021)

Hobbies:

Cycling, tennis. Played competitive tennis as a youth, but chose skiing as his career. (Athlete, 17 Oct 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Wife, Neza Kline. Son, Jaka Kline. Mother, Darinka Sakisda.

Languages spoken:

Slovenian, English, German

Club name:

ASK Branik Maribor

Coach:

National: Gregor Kostomaj (SLO)

Debut:

2006 FIS event in Geilo (Giant slalom - DNF1)
2009 World Cup in Val d'Isere (Alpine combined - DNF2)

Injuries:

2017: Was nursing knee pain during the latter half of the 2016/17 season. Despite that, he won his first World Cup downhill in February. (skiracing.com, 26 Jun 2017)

3 September 2013: Torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) after a training accident in La Parva, Chile. The injury required surgery, and he was unable to compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi or for the 2013/14 Olympic season. Returned to racing in November 2014. (vecer.com, 8 Feb 2018)

National team:

2011

Start:

His parents introduced him to the sport around the age of two. (Athlete, 17 Oct 202)

Reason:

Skiing was exciting and represented freedom and companionship in his childhood. (Athlete, 17 Oct 2021)

Memorable:

Becoming only the second man from Slovenia to win a World Cup downhill (2017 in Kvitfjell). (Athlete, 17 Oct 2021)

Hero:

Alpine skier Lasse Kjus (NOR), five-time Olympic medallist, three-time World champion. (Athlete, 17 Oct 2021)

Philosophy:

"Just be patient and enjoy...Above all, you grow with sports, mentally and personally. You learn to fall and then pick yourself up. You learn to persevere even when it’s hard. These are the biggest lessons in sports in addition to getting a huge amount of acquaintances and getting a broader view of the world." (fordmagazin.si, 23 Aug 2018; Athlete, 17 Oct 2021)

Award:

Athlete of the Year in Maribor (2016).

General Interest

SPEED VS TECHNIQUE
Even as a child he showed more potential for the speed disciplines."I've also achieved good things in slalom, but I couldn't really improve. I like to ski fast, but you need good technique in the speed disciplines. There are more and more technical parts in downhill and super-G, and you have a lot of terrain and jumps. You also need a feel for sliding, so it's a pretty complicated discipline." (skiweltcup.tv, 23 Mar 2017)

Milestones

Made this Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018 (10th in super-G), after missing Sochi 2014 due to injury.

In five World Championships appearances (2013-21) his best finish is seventh in downhill in 2017 (St. Moritz).

Two-time Junior World champion (super-G, downhill) and 2010 downhill bronze medallist.

With over 155 World Cup starts, he has three podiums. His only victory to date was the 2017 downhill in Kvitfjell.

Broke into the World Cup top-10, with back-to-back second-place podium finishes in 2016 (downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, super-G in Hinterstoder).

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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