Timi Zajc (born 26 April 2000) is a Slovenian ski jumper.

Timi Zajc
Zajc in 2017
CountrySlovenia
Born (2000-04-26) 26 April 2000 (age 24)
Ljubljana, Slovenia[1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Ski clubSSK Ljubno BTC
Personal best245 m (804 ft)
Vikersund, 12 March 2022
World Cup career
Seasons2018–present
Starts162
Podiums13
Wins4
Medal record
Representing  Slovenia
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Team LH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Planica Individual LH
Gold medal – first place 2023 Planica Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Planica Mixed team NH
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Mixed team
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Vikersund Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Vikersund Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Bad Mitterndorf Individual
Updated on 24 March 2024.

Career edit

Continental Cup edit

In September 2017 in Trondheim, Zajc finished on the podium for the first time in his career after finishing third in the first competition and winning the second competition.[3]

World Cup debut edit

He made his World Cup debut at the 2017–18 season opening in Wisła, competing in the qualifying round of the individual event.[4]

Major tournament results edit

Winter Olympics edit

Year Place Individual Team
Normal Large Men Mixed
2018   Pyeongchang 33 N/A
2022   Beijing 9 6    

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships edit

Year Place Individual Team
Normal Large Men Mixed
2019   Seefeld 50 10 6
2021   Oberstdorf did not participate
2023   Planica 10      

FIS Ski Flying World Championships edit

Year Place Individual Team
2018   Oberstdorf did not participate
2020   Planica 30
2022   Vikersund    
2024   Bad Mitterndorf    

World Cup results edit

Standings edit

 Season  Overall 4H SF RA
2017–18 32 16 47
2018–19 9 20 6 16
2019–20 14 23   9
2020–21 46 40 N/A
2021–22 8 23   15
2022–23 8 14 4 6
2023–24 16 10 4 4

Individual wins edit

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2018–19 1 February 2019     Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235 FH
2 2021–22 20 March 2022     Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235 FH
3 2022–23 2 April 2023     Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 FH
4 2023–24 24 February 2024     Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235 FH

Individual starts edit

winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q); disqualified (DQ)
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 32 Points
2017–18                                             88
DQ 12 22 q 24 26 22 17 27 47 17 41 43 35 27
2018–19                                                         833
5 7 11 8 24 12 18 9 8 10 43 12 21 7 6 2 1 9 13 9 8 14 39 4 25 4 5
2019–20                                                       544
6 8 q 10 42 31 57 24 18 20 40 29 32 10 3 26 17 7 13 2 3 7 24 22 3
2020–21                                                   60
23 q 39 22 10 42 43 36 29 18 35 29 35
2021–22                                                         711
q 4 9 20 16 19 48 3 17 q 9 14 16 20 9 18 6 36 9 20 24 17 13 11 3 1 4 4
2022–23                                                                 853
20 10 22 22 12 32 9 33 18 14 11 9 37 7 12 10 6 2 12 10 4 6 12 10 10 13 16 7 7 6 1
2023–24                                                                 640
8 8 18 15 18 17 9 31 14 11 10 22 DQ 47 7 39 20 31 DQ 1 4 7 20 21 17 7 3 4

References edit

  1. ^ "Timi ZAJC". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Timi Zajc – Player Profile – Ski Jumping". Eurosport. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Double victory for Slovenia". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. ^ Jamnik, Tilen (15 November 2017). "Debi med svetovno elito nagrada za odlične skoke državnega prvaka" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

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