Cene Prevc (born 12 March 1996) is a retired Slovenian ski jumper.

Cene Prevc
Prevc in 2023
CountrySlovenia
Born (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 28)
Kranj, Slovenia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Personal best246 m (807 ft)
Planica, 27 March 2022
World Cup career
Seasons20132018
20202022
Starts73
Podiums1
Medal record
Representing  Slovenia
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Team LH

Career edit

On 18 February 2013, Prevc won the individual event at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival (EYOF) with a combined points of 261.0.[2] With this victory Cene followed the path of his brother Peter, who also won the EYOF individual event back in 2009.[3] He made his World Cup debut in the 2013–14 season in Planica.

In 2022, he ended his ski jumping career to focus on studying.[4]

Personal life edit

Prevc was born in Kranj to Božidar and Julijana Prevc; the family has since been living in the village of Dolenja Vas. He has two brothers and two sisters.[5][6] Both his brothers, Peter and Domen, and one of his sisters, Nika, are also FIS Ski Jumping World Cup jumpers.[5] His father, who owns a furniture business, is also an international ski jumping referee.[7]

World Cup edit

Standings edit

Season Overall 4H SF RA
2012–13 N/A
2013–14 70 N/A
2014–15 59 N/A
2015–16 N/A
2016–17 40 24 41
2017–18
2019–20 33 45
2020–21 38 26 27 N/A
2021–22 10 40 21 4

Individual starts edit

winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q)
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Points
2012–13                                                       0
q q
2013–14                                                         19
16 27
2014–15                                                               27
17 43 18 38 41 q
2015–16                                                           0
46 q
2016–17                                                     67
30 29 8 24 40 34 26 q 21 28 33 24 44 40 36 42 q
2017–18                                             0
39
2019–20                                                       112
36 22 19 15 26 19 38 19 32 21 15 13 35
2020–21                                                   83
37 10 19 29 23 q 37 36 24 17 26 22
2021–22                                                         657
8 5 20 5 6 22 7 11 13 27 15 12 6 17 14 3 9 10 7 5 6 24 37 29 7

References edit

  1. ^ "Cene Prevc – Player Profile – Ski Jumping". Eurosport. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ "European Youth Olympic Festival Rasnov (ROU)". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. ^ "EYOF 2013: Cene Prevc holt Einzel-Gold" [EYOF 2013: Cene Prevc took individual gold] (in German). Skispringen News. 18 February 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Cene Prevc dal študiju prednost pred skoki" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Mama Petra Prevca: Strah me je! A ne na zaletišču, nekje drugje". Ekipa24 (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. ^ Kastelic, Peter (2 February 2015). "Najmlajši od bratov Prevc: O skokih se doma redko pogovarjamo" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  7. ^ Lopatič, Jaka (20 January 2016). "Oče Petra Prevca bo v Oslu pod dodatnim drobnogledom" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

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