ABOUT ME

Born on 2.5.1983 in Slovenj Gradec I learned how to ski with three years on the surrounding hills and slopes of my home town Črna na Koroškem. In primary school, in addition to skiing, I also trained volleyball and studied piano. After primary school I attended high school in Ravne na Koroškem and was simultaneously accepted in the women B ski team. That was the first time I raced in FIS races. In just two days I achieved 2nd and 1st place, from position numbers 121 and 125. A lot of nice memories are bounding me to those times, but also some hard ones. That was the time (year 2000) when I started to race in the World Cup. I was showing great potential, especially in giant slalom, but I never reached the level of my childhood sport friend Janica Kostelič.

Many team changes almost convinced me to finish my skiing career. However, there came a brilliant idea. In year 2008,  Andrea Massi (coach) and I established a private team, called Team to aMAZE. We took a different road. This decision turned out to be right and brought great success. Since then I never turned back home without a medal on World championships or Olympic games. I am especially proud that this small team managed to achieve maximal results with minimum funds. Finding the right balance of trust with Andrea, brought incredible progress in sports. Working with him helped a lot. I learned that there is a big difference between being second or being a winner.

I won 26 World Cup races in my career, which makes me the best alpine skier in history of Slovenia. I won 13 medals on World Championships and Olympic games. I am the ‘world record’ holder – 2414 points in one World cup season (male and female). In this breaking season I also recorded a song – My way is my decision.

After my professional sports career I graduated from the University of Education, work with ski brand Stöckli, Eurosport TV, sometimes I give motivational speeches but most importantly I am finally living my dream of being a mother!

Skiing and sports, however, remain my passion and daily routine.