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Gloria Kotnik

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Gloria Kotnik
Kotnik in 2009
Personal information
NationalitySlovenia
Born (1989-06-01) 1 June 1989 (age 37)
Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Sport
SportSnowboarding
ClubDeska Velenje
World Cup career
Seasons2006–2015
2017–2020
2022–present
Indiv. starts188
Indiv. podiums1
Indiv. wins1
Team starts14
Team podiums1
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  Slovenia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 BeijingParallel giant slalom
Winter Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2011 ErzurumParallel giant slalom
Updated on 21 March 2026

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]

Winter Olympics results

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  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
Year Parallel
giant slalom		 Parallel
slalom
Canada 2010 Vancouver27—
Russia 2014 Sochi2423
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang15—
China 2022 Beijing3—
Italy 2026 Milano Cortina17—

Personal life

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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

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  1. 1 2 "Gloria Kotnik". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Gloria Kotnik – Player Profile – Snowboard". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Glorija Kotnik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mastnak nadaljuje slovenski deskarski niz medalj, Kotnik z bronom spisala senzacijo" [Mastnak continues Slovenia's streak of snowboarding medals, Kotnik creates sensation with bronze] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Novice FM – Februar 2014" [FM News – February 2014] (PDF) (in Slovenian). University of Primorska. p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Gloria Kotnik na vrtiljaku čustev: Nisem še dojela, kaj imam okrog vratu" [Gloria Kotnik on a roller coaster of emotions: I haven't realized what's around my neck yet] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Robnik, Špela (3 November 2021). "Gloria Kotnik o materinstvu in pasteh vrhunskega športa" [Gloria Kotnik on motherhood and the pitfalls of top-level sports]. Mična (in Slovenian). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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