Slovenia at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Slovenia at the Olympics
IOC code	SLO
NOC	Slovenian Olympic Committee
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Medals Ranked 52nd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 14 18 23 55
Summer appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Other related appearances
Austria (1912)  Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Slovenia first participated as an independent nation at the Olympic Games at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and the country has sent athletes to compete at every Games since then. The Slovenian Olympic Committee was established in 1991 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 5 February 1992.

Slovenian athletes first competed at the Olympics in Stockholm, at the 1912 Summer Olympics, as part of the Austrian team. There, Rudolf Cvetko became the first Slovene to win an Olympic medal, a silver in the men's team sabre. Then, until Slovenia's independence, they competed as part of Yugoslavia. Before the Second World War, all of the Olympic medals for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were won by Slovene gymnasts (with the exception of Croatian Dragutin Ciotti who was a member of the bronze medal-winning men's gymnastics all-around team at the 1928 Summer Olympics). Leon Štukelj was the most prominent pre-war athlete, winning three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals, and he is still the most decorated Slovenian Olympian. Among post-war Olympians, Miroslav Cerar won two gold and one bronze medals, also in gymnastics. All of Yugoslavia's Winter Olympic medals (three silver and one bronze) were won by Slovenians with the first being the silver medal of Jure Franko in alpine skiing, won at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, when Yugoslavia hosted the Games.

Athletes representing Slovenia have won a total of 31 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 24 at the Winter Olympic Games. Slovenia's most successful Summer Olympics have been the 2020 Summer Olympics where they won three gold medals and five medals overall. The most successful winter games were the 2014 Winter Olympics, where Slovenian athletes won a record eight medals, including two gold. Tina Maze (alpine skiing), Peter Prevc (ski jumping), and Iztok Čop (rowing) are the most decorated post-independence Slovenian Olympians, with four medals each. The shooter Rajmond Debevec has competed at the Olympics eight times. He competed between 1984 and 2012, representing Yugoslavia for his first two appearances. Track and field athlete Merlene Ottey competed at the Olympics seven times between 1980 and 2004. In her first six appearances, she was representing Jamaica, for whom she won nine medals, the seventh time she represented Slovenia. Debevec is the oldest medallist and the oldest Slovenian participant at the Olympics, having won his last medal at the age of 49 in 2012. The youngest participant from Slovenia was Nastja Govejšek, a swimmer, who was 15 at the 2012 games. The youngest Olympic medallist for Slovenia has been alpine skier Alenka Dovžan, who was 18 years old when she competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Slovenian athletes have won medals in nine sports at the Summer and in five sports at the Winter Games. The most successful sport for Slovenia at the Summer Olympics is judo with seven medals (three gold) while the most successful sport at the Winter Olympics is alpine skiing with eight medals (two gold). In team sports, the men's national teams have participated four times in handball, twice in ice hockey, and once each in basketball and volleyball. With a population of just above 2 million, Slovenia often finds itself among countries with the highest medal-per-capita rankings.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1912 Stockholm as part of  Austria (AUT) 1920–1988 as part of  Yugoslavia (YUG) 1992 Barcelona 35 0 0 2 2 52 1996 Atlanta 37 0 2 0 2 55 2000 Sydney 74 2 0 0 2 36 2004 Athens 79 0 1 3 4 63 2008 Beijing 62 1 2 2 5 39 2012 London 65 1 1 2 4 42 2016 Rio de Janeiro 63 1 2 1 4 45 2020 Tokyo 53 3 1 1 5 31 2024 Paris 90 2 1 0 3 34 2028 Los Angeles future event Total 10 10 11 31 59

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924–1988 as part of  Yugoslavia (YUG) 1992 Albertville 27 0 0 0 0 – 1994 Lillehammer 22 0 0 3 3 20 1998 Nagano 34 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 40 0 0 1 1 23 2006 Turin 37 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver 47 0 2 1 3 21 2014 Sochi 66 2 2 4 8 16 2018 Pyeongchang 71 0 1 1 2 24 2022 Beijing 42 2 3 2 7 15 2026 Milan/Cortina future event Total 4 8 12 24 27

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Rajmond Debevec competed at the Olympics eight times and won three medals, including one gold.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	CopIztok Čop Denis Žvegelj	1992 Barcelona	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
3 Bronze	Janša, MilanMilan Janša Janez Klemenčič Sašo Mirjanič Sadik Mujkić	1992 Barcelona	Rowing	Men's coxless four
2 Silver	Bukovec, BrigitaBrigita Bukovec	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 100 metre hurdles
2 Silver	Vehovar, AndražAndraž Vehovar	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's K-1 slalom
1 Gold	CopIztok Čop Luka Špik	2000 Sydney	Rowing	Men's double sculls
1 Gold	Debevec, RajmondRajmond Debevec	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions
2 Silver	CopIztok Čop Luka Špik	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's double sculls
3 Bronze	CeplakJolanda Čeplak	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 800 metres
3 Bronze	ZolnirUrška Žolnir	2004 Athens	Judo	Women's half-middleweight
3 Bronze	ZbogarVasilij Žbogar	2004 Athens	Sailing	Men's Laser class
1 Gold	Kozmus, PrimožPrimož Kozmus	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
2 Silver	Žbogar, VasilijVasilij Žbogar	2008 Beijing	Sailing	Men's Laser class
2 Silver	Isaković, SaraSara Isaković	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle
3 Bronze	PolavderLucija Polavder	2008 Beijing	Judo	Women's half-heavyweight
3 Bronze	Debevec, RajmondRajmond Debevec	2008 Beijing	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle three positions
1 Gold	ZolnirUrška Žolnir	2012 London	Judo	Women's half-middleweight
2 Silver	Kozmus, PrimožPrimož Kozmus	2012 London	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
3 Bronze	CopIztok Čop Luka Špik	2012 London	Rowing	Men's double sculls
3 Bronze	Debevec, RajmondRajmond Debevec	2012 London	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle prone
1 Gold	Trstenjak, TinaTina Trstenjak	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Judo	Women's half-middleweight
2 Silver	Kauzer, PeterPeter Kauzer	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1
2 Silver	Žbogar, VasilijVasilij Žbogar	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sailing	Men's Finn
3 Bronze	Velenšek, AnamariAnamari Velenšek	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Judo	Women's half-heavyweight
1 Gold	Savšek, BenjaminBenjamin Savšek	2020 Tokyo	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1
1 Gold	Roglič, PrimožPrimož Roglič	2020 Tokyo	Cycling	Men's road time trial
1 Gold	Garnbret, JanjaJanja Garnbret	2020 Tokyo	Sport climbing	Women's combined
2 Silver	Trstenjak, TinaTina Trstenjak	2020 Tokyo	Judo	Women's half-middleweight
3 Bronze	Pogačar, TadejTadej Pogačar	2020 Tokyo	Cycling	Men's road race
1 Gold	Leški, AndrejaAndreja Leški	2024 Paris	Judo	Women's half-middleweight
1 Gold	Garnbret, JanjaJanja Garnbret	2024 Paris	Sport climbing	Women's combined
2 Silver	Vodišek, ToniToni Vodišek	2024 Paris	Sailing	Men's Formula Kite

Winter Olympics

Tina Maze won four Olympic medals, including two gold.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	Dovžan, AlenkaAlenka Dovžan	1994 Lillehammer	Alpine skiing	Women's combined
3 Bronze	Košir, JureJure Košir	1994 Lillehammer	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
3 Bronze	Koren, KatjaKatja Koren	1994 Lillehammer	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
3 Bronze	Fras, DamjanDamjan Fras Robert Kranjec Primož Peterka Peter Žonta	2002 Salt Lake City	Ski jumping	Men's team (K120)
2 Silver	Maze, TinaTina Maze	2010 Vancouver	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G
2 Silver	Maze, TinaTina Maze	2010 Vancouver	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
3 Bronze	Majdič, PetraPetra Majdič	2010 Vancouver	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint
1 Gold	Maze, TinaTina Maze	2014 Sochi	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
1 Gold	Maze, TinaTina Maze	2014 Sochi	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
2 Silver	Prevc, PeterPeter Prevc	2014 Sochi	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill individual
2 Silver	Košir, ŽanŽan Košir	2014 Sochi	Snowboarding	Men's parallel slalom
3 Bronze	Fabjan, VesnaVesna Fabjan	2014 Sochi	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint
3 Bronze	Gregorin, TejaTeja Gregorin	2014 Sochi	Biathlon	Women's pursuit
3 Bronze	Prevc, PeterPeter Prevc	2014 Sochi	Ski jumping	Men's large hill individual
3 Bronze	Košir, ŽanŽan Košir	2014 Sochi	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom
2 Silver	Fak, JakovJakov Fak	2018 Pyeongchang	Biathlon	Men's individual
3 Bronze	Košir, ŽanŽan Košir	2018 Pyeongchang	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom
1 Gold	Bogataj, UršaUrša Bogataj	2022 Beijing	Ski jumping	Women's normal hill individual
1 Gold	Križnar, NikaNika Križnar Timi Zajc Urša Bogataj Peter Prevc	2022 Beijing	Ski jumping	Mixed team
2 Silver	Mastnak, TimTim Mastnak	2022 Beijing	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom
2 Silver	Kranjec, ŽanŽan Kranjec	2022 Beijing	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
2 Silver	Kos, LovroLovro Kos Cene Prevc Timi Zajc Peter Prevc	2022 Beijing	Ski jumping	Men's large hill team
3 Bronze	Križnar, NikaNika Križnar	2022 Beijing	Ski jumping	Women's normal hill individual
3 Bronze	Kotnik, GloriaGloria Kotnik	2022 Beijing	Snowboarding	Women's parallel giant slalom

Multiple medal winners

This list only contains Olympic medal winners for Slovenia as an independent country. Two medalists for Slovenia also won medals competing under different flags: Sadik Mujkić won a bronze at the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and Jakov Fak won a bronze at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Croatia.

List of pre-independence Slovenian medalists

This list contains Olympic medals won by Slovenian athletes before Slovenia started to participate as an independent country in 1992. The list includes both athletes who won individual medals and athletes who won medals as part of the team. Rudolf Cvetko won a medal as a member of Austrian team. All other athletes won medals for Yugoslavia, which corresponded to Kingdom of Yugoslavia for the Games from 1920 to 1936 and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988. Stojna Vangelovska, a Macedonian basketball player who won silver with women's team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and Vinko Jelovac, a basketball player born in Croatia who won silver with men's team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, are sometimes included to lists of Slovenian medalists. Both spent important parts of their careers playing for Slovenian clubs. Vangelovska played at Ljubljana's ŽKD Ježica and Jelovac at Ljubljana's KK Olimpija. Jelovac was also twice chosen as Slovenian Sportsman of the Year in the 1970s. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, handball player Iztok Puc first played for the Croatian men's team, winning gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and later for Slovenian national team, thus becoming the only handball player to have represented three different teams at the Olympics.

Summer Olympics

Leon Štukelj was the most prominent pre-independence Slovenian athlete, winning six Olympic medals, including three gold.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Cvetko, RudolfRudolf Cvetko	1912 Stockholm	Fencing	Men's team sabre
1 Gold	StukeljLeon Štukelj	1924 Paris	Gymnastics	Men's individual all-around
1 Gold	StukeljLeon Štukelj	1924 Paris	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar
1 Gold	StukeljLeon Štukelj	1928 Amsterdam	Gymnastics	Men's rings
2 Silver	Primožič, JosipJosip Primožič	1928 Amsterdam	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars
3 Bronze	StukeljLeon Štukelj	1928 Amsterdam	Gymnastics	Men's individual all-around
3 Bronze	Derganc, StaneStane Derganc	1928 Amsterdam	Gymnastics	Men's vault
3 Bronze	Antosiewicz, EdvardEdvard Antosiewicz Stane Derganc Boris Gregorka Anton Malej Janez Porenta Josip Primožič Leon Štukelj	1928 Amsterdam	Gymnastics	Men's team
2 Silver	StukeljLeon Štukelj	1936 Berlin	Gymnastics	Men's rings
1 Gold	Cerar, MiroslavMiroslav Cerar	1964 Tokyo	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse
3 Bronze	Cerar, MiroslavMiroslav Cerar	1964 Tokyo	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar
1 Gold	Cerar, MiroslavMiroslav Cerar	1968 Mexico City	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse
2 Silver	Daneu, IvoIvo Daneu Aljoša Žorga	1968 Mexico City	Basketball	Men's team
1 Gold	Cuderman, AlenkaAlenka Cuderman	1984 Los Angeles	Handball	Women's team
1 Gold	Pušnik, RolandoRolando Pušnik	1984 Los Angeles	Handball	Men's team
3 Bronze	Katanec, SrečkoSrečko Katanec Marko Elsner	1984 Los Angeles	Football	Men's team
2 Silver	Dornik, PolonaPolona Dornik	1988 Seoul	Basketball	Women's team
2 Silver	Zdovc, JureJure Zdovc	1988 Seoul	Basketball	Men's team
3 Bronze	Mujkić, SadikSadik Mujkić Bojan Prešern	1988 Seoul	Rowing	Men's coxlees pair
3 Bronze	Puc, IztokIztok Puc Rolando Pušnik	1988 Seoul	Handball	Men's team

Winter Olympics

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Franko, JureJure Franko	1984 Sarajevo	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
2 Silver	Debelak, MatjažMatjaž Debelak Miran Tepeš Primož Ulaga Matjaž Zupan	1988 Calgary	Ski jumping	Team large hill
2 Silver	Svet, MatejaMateja Svet	1988 Calgary	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
3 Bronze	Debelak, MatjažMatjaž Debelak	1988 Calgary	Ski jumping	Large hill individual

See also

In Spanish: Eslovenia en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• List of flag bearers for Slovenia at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Slovenia
• Slovenia at the Paralympics