Gloria_Kotnik

Gloria Kotnik

Gloria Kotnik

Slovenian snowboarder

Gloria Kotnik (born 1 June 1989) is a Slovenian snowboarder. She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she finished 27th in parallel giant slalom.[3] At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she finished 24th in parallel giant slalom. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the women's parallel giant slalom event.[4] This was also her first podium in career as her best results in World Cup competition prior to the 2022 Olympics were three fourth places.[1]

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Winter Olympics results

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
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Personal life

Kotnik studied management at University of Primorska.[5] In March 2020, she decided to take a break from competitive sport due to burnout and to focus on family.[6] She gave birth to her son Maj in January 2021,[7] and returned to competing in December 2021.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Gloria Kotnik". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Gloria Kotnik – Player Profile – Snowboard". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. [3]
    "SR Olympic Sports: Glorija Kotnik". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Mastnak nadaljuje slovenski deskarski niz medalj, Kotnik z bronom spisala senzacijo" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Novice FM – Februar 2014" (PDF) (in Slovenian). University of Primorska. p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Gloria Kotnik na vrtiljaku čustev: Nisem še dojela, kaj imam okrog vratu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  7. [7]
    Robnik, Špela (3 November 2021). "Gloria Kotnik o materinstvu in pasteh vrhunskega športa". Mična (in Slovenian). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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