Ilka STUHEC
SloveniaEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alpine Skiing |
Women's Downhill | 22 |
Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| 10 | Downhill | 2014 | Sochi, RUS | 00:01:42.650 |
| 13 | Super G | 2014 | Sochi, RUS | 00:01:27.690 |
| 31 | Giant Slalom | 2014 | Sochi, RUS | 00:02:44.850 |
| DNF | Super Combined | 2014 | Sochi, RUS | |
| World Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| 1 | Downhill Ladies | 2019 | Are, SWE | 1:01.74 |
| 1 | Downhill Ladies | 2017 | St. Moritz, SUI | 1:32.85 |
| 6 | Super G Ladies | 2013 | Schladming, AUT | 1:36.28 |
| 7 | Alpine combined Ladies | 2015 | Vail / Beaver Creek, USA | 2:35.80 |
| 8 | Super G Ladies | 2019 | Are, SWE | 1:05.15 |
| 10 | Alpine combined Ladies | 2019 | Are, SWE | 2:04.27 |
| 11 | Super G Ladies | 2017 | St. Moritz, SUI | 1:22.38 |
| 14 | Downhill Ladies | 2021 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA | 1:35.57 |
| 17 | Super G Ladies | 2015 | Vail / Beaver Creek, USA | 1:12.49 |
| 19 | Downhill Ladies | 2013 | Schladming, AUT | 1:52.16 |
| 20 | Downhill Ladies | 2015 | Vail / Beaver Creek, USA | 1:48.06 |
| 25 | Super G Ladies | 2021 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA | 1:28.37 |
| 25 | Giant Slalom Ladies | 2015 | Vail / Beaver Creek, USA | 2:23.55 |
| 32 | Giant Slalom Ladies | 2013 | Schladming, AUT | 2:15.99 |
| World Cup Rankings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | All | Downhill | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Alpine Combined |
| 2021/2022 | 47 | 12 | ||||
| 2020/2021 | 42 | 14 | 40 | |||
| 2019/2020 | 32 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 2018/2019 | 10 | 4 | 46 | 11 | ||
| 2016/2017 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015/2016 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 29 | ||
| 2014/2015 | 41 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 2013/2014 | 44 | 28 | 47 | 17 | ||
| 2012/2013 | 59 | 25 | 36 | 15 | ||
| 2011/2012 | 81 | 27 | ||||
| World Cup - Best Achievements | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Downhill | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Alpine combined | Super Combined |
| 2021/2022 | 1 x 5th | 1 x 32nd | ||||
| 2020/2021 | 1 x 4th | 1 x 15th | ||||
| 2019/2020 | 1 x 6th | 3 x 20th | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 1 x 1st | 1 x 20th | 1 x 1st | |||
| 2016/2017 | 4 x 1st | 1 x 10th | 1 x 14th | 2 x 1st | 1 x 1st | |
| 2015/2016 | 1 x 11th | 1 x 7th | 1 x 11th | |||
| 2014/2015 | 1 x 5th | 1 x 13th | ||||
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 15th | 1 x 23rd | 1 x 4th | |||
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 10th | 1 x 20th | 1 x 10th | |||
| 2011/2012 | 1 x 6th | 1 x 32nd | 1 x 33rd | |||
| Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Season | Location | Result |
| 5 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Val d'Isere, FRA | 1:43.08 |
| 11 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA | 1:07.96 |
| 15 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Zauchensee, AUT | 1:47.42 |
| 16 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Lake Louise, CAN | 1:50.61 |
| 20 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Lake Louise, CAN | 1:50.19 |
| 27 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER | 1:43.62 |
| 32 | Super G | 2021/2022 | Val d'Isere, FRA | 1:21.58 |
| 38 | Super G | 2021/2022 | St. Moritz, SUI | 1:23.88 |
Reading, dancing, cooking, spending time with family and friends. (Athlete, 15 Oct 2021)
Athlete, Police officer
Finishing a Master's degree in economics, management and organization from the University of Maribor (SLO). (Athlete, 15 Oct 2021)
Father, Igor Stuhec. Mother, Darja Crnko.
Slovenian, German, English, Croatian
ASK Branik Maribor
Mother Darja Crnko (Alpine skiing): A former racer, for some years she served as both her coach and ski technician. (nytimes.com, 8 Feb 2015; durangoherald.com, 19 Dec 2018)
2005 FIS event in Passo Monte Croce Comelico (Slalom - 1st)
2007 World Cup in Lenzerheide (Slalom - DNF1)
March 2021: A strained ankle hampered her during the latter portion of the 2020/21 season. (newsbeezer.com, 1 Mar 2021)
23 February 2019: Torn posterior cruciate ligament in her left knee from a World Cup downhill crash in Crans Montana, ending her 2018/19 season.
She did not require surgery and returned to racing in December 2019. (apnews.com, 27 Feb 2019)
22 October 2017: Torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee as a result of a slalom training accident in Pitztal. Underwent surgery and was out for the entire 2017/18 season, including the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. At the time she was the defending World Cup downhill and Alpine combined champion and had been runner-up in the overall and super-G. She tried a heroic return to snow on 31 December 2017, but realized her dream of skiing in the Olympics was not realistic. Returned to racing in August 2018 in South America and won a World Cup downhill in December. (fis-ski.com, 22 Oct 2017; olympics.nbcsports.com, 18 Dec 2018)
Prior to the 2016/17 season, she had five surgeries on her right knee. (Athlete, 15 Oct 2021; boston.com, 16 Dec 2016)
2007
Born in the mountains of northern Slovenia, she was on skis for the first time at two-and-a-half years old. (ilka.si)
Winning two World Championship downhill titles and World Cup Crystal Globes in downhill and Alpine combined. (Athlete, 15 Oct 2021)
Herself. (Athlete, 15 Oct 2021)
"Give your best and enjoy the journey." (Athlete, 15 Oct 2021)
Selected by journalists as Slovenian Athlete of the Year (2017).
Matteo Baumgarten Award (2013). Granted by the International Ski Federation [FIS] to the young athlete who best combines outstanding achievements in Alpine skiing and is also successful in school. The award is named after an Italian athlete who was killed in a car accident in the 1990s. (Info 2018)
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