Nika KRIZNAR

9 Mar 2000
21
Female
SKOFJA LOKA
 
Slovenia
 
Slovenia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SJP Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill Individual 3 Bronze
Mixed Team 1 Gold

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
7Normal Hill Individual2018PyeongChang, KOR
World Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
2Normal Hill Team2021Oberstdorf, GER957.9
3Large Hill2021Oberstdorf, GER287.1
4Normal Hill Team2021Oberstdorf, GER954.8
4Normal Hill Team2019Seefeld, AUT828.1
4Normal Hill Team2019Seefeld, AUT930.8
4Normal Hill Team2017Lahti, FIN961.4
5Normal Hill2021Oberstdorf, GER257.5
6Large Hill Team2019Seefeld, AUT858.7
7Normal Hill2019Seefeld, AUT236.1
13Normal Hill2017Lahti, FIN219.4
World Cup Rankings Overview
SeasonOverall
2021/20225
2020/20211
2019/20207
2018/20195
Best Performance per Season in World Cup Events from 2018/2019
SeasonNormal HillLarge HillNormal Hill Team
2021/20221 x 1st1 x 1st
2020/20212 x 1st1 x 3rd1 x 1st
2019/20201 x 3rd2 x 5th1 x 2nd
2018/20192 x 4th1 x 3rd1 x 2nd
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocationResult
1Large Hill2021/2022Willingen, GER131.6
1Normal Hill2021/2022Ljubno, SLO263.7
4Large Hill2021/2022Klingenthal, GER226.5
5Large Hill2021/2022Willingen, GER69.8
5Normal Hill2021/2022Ljubno, SLO251.5
5Normal Hill2021/2022Lillehammer, NOR252.6
6Normal Hill2021/2022Ramsau, AUT238.2
7Normal Hill2021/2022Nizhny Tagil, RUS202.7
7Large Hill2021/2022Lillehammer, NOR243.4
8Normal Hill2021/2022Nizhny Tagil, RUS195.0
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Walking the dog, hanging out with friends, volleyball. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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Athlete

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No definite plans yet, but most likely will become a coach for kids. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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Father, Damijan Kriznar. Mother, Barbara Kriznar. Two older brothers, Sandi, Anze. Two younger brothers, David, Nace. Older sister, Klavdija.

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Slovenian, English, German

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SSK Norica Ziri

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Personal: Zoran Zupancic (SLO)
Team: Zoran Zupancic (SLO)
Ski: Fischer

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2015 Continenatl Cup in Oberwiesenthal (Normal hill - 22nd)
2016 World Cup in Ljubno (Normal hill - 14th)

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2015

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Was discovered by a school scout when she was eight years old at the nearby jumping hill. She liked it and stayed with the sport. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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Season 2021/22 goal: Win a medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Career goals: Olympic medal, gold medal in World Championships, winning Crystal Globe. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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Ski jumper Peter Prevc (SLO), two-time Olympic medallist (2014), three-time World Championship medallist, winner of 2015/16 overall World Cup. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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February 2022: Bloudkovo award, highest sports award in Slovenia. (Facebook)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Beijing 2022 normal hill bronze medallist and Olympic mixed team gold medallist. In her Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018, she finished seventh in the normal hill.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
In nine competitions at three World Championships (2017-21), she won two medals in 2021 (team silver, individual bronze). Has finished fourth three times in the team event each year.

Six-time Junior World Championships medallist winning four gold (one individual in 2018, three team in 2016, 2017, 2018, ), one silver (2017 team), one bronze (2017 normal hill).

WORLD CUP
First individual World Cup win in February 2021 (Hinzenbach), followed by her second, out of currently four individual wins, in Rasnov in February 2021. She has a total of 15 podium finishes.

Won the overall World Cup Crystal Globe with a total of eight podiums in the 2020/21 season. She topped the standings by nine points over Sara Takanashi (JPN), after their season-long battle came to an end in Chaikovsky. She benefitted from the absence of current World Cup leader Marita Kramer (AUT) in one of the season's final competitions because her negative COVID-19 test had not been accepted by the authorities. (insidethegames.biz, 18 Feb 2021)

SEASON 2021/22
Overall fifth in the Summer Grand Prix 2021. In the winter season she finished all events top eight, including two victories, in Ljubnov and in Willingen (large hill). In the overall World Cup she is currently ranked fifth.

Legend
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Gold
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Bronze
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Gold Medal Event
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