Slovenia at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Slovenia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. This will be Slovenia's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

Slovenia at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeSLO
NOCSlovenian Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors28 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Taja Bodlaj & Miha Oserban
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
6
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

Alpine skier Miha Oserban and ski jumper Taja Bodlaj were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[1]

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 3 3 6
Biathlon 3 2 5
Cross-country skiing 2 2 4
Curling 1 1 2
Luge 1 0 1
Nordic combined 2 2 4
Short track speed skating 0 1 1
Ski jumping 2 2 4
Snowboarding 1 0 1
Total 15 13 28

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Taja Bodlaj Ski jumping Women's individual normal hill 20 January
  Gold Ajda Košnjek
Urban Simnic
Taja Bodlaj
Enej Faletič
Ski jumping Mixed team normal hill 21 January
  Silver Ela Sever Biathlon Women's sprint 23 January
  Silver Teja Pavec Nordic combined Women's individual normal hill/4 km 29 January
  Silver Aljaž Janhar
Tia Malovrh
Teja Pavec
Lovro Percl Seručnik
Nordic combined Mixed team normal hill/4 × 3.3 km 31 January
  Bronze Tia Malovrh Nordic combined Women's individual normal hill/4 km 29 January

Alpine skiing

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Slovenia qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender).[3]

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gal Hajdinjak Super-G
Giant slalom
Slalom
Combined
Miha Oserban Super-G
Giant slalom
Slalom
Combined
Jaka Škrjanc Super-G
Giant slalom
Slalom
Combined
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ana Bokal Super-G
Giant slalom
Slalom
Combined
Ana Merc Super-G
Giant slalom
Slalom
Combined
Lana Pušnik Super-G
Giant slalom
Slalom
Combined
Mixed
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Rank
Mixed team

Biathlon

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Men
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Nejc Einhauer Individual
Sprint
Jaka Pilar Individual
Sprint
Gregor Rupnik Individual
Sprint
Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Ela Sever Sprint
Individual
Ajda Špitalar Sprint
Individual
Mixed
Athletes Event Time Misses Rank
Jaka Pilar
Ela Sever
Single mixed relay
Mixed relay

Cross-country skiing

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Slovenia qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).[4]

Curling

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Slovenia qualified a mixed doubles pair for a total of two athletes (one per gender).[5][6]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Pavla Kavčič
Maks Omerzel
Mixed doubles   Ukraine
W 11–5
  Sweden
L 4–15
  Qatar
W 12–4
  Norway
L 4–14
  United States
L 0–12
4 Did not advance 16

Mixed doubles

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Group B W L W–L DSC
  United States 5 0 61.18
  Sweden 4 1 78.69
  Norway 3 2 34.37
  Slovenia 2 3 112.84
  Ukraine 1 4 74.81
  Qatar 0 5 155.39
Round robin
Draw 3

Saturday, January 27, 14:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel) 1 0 4 0 3 2 1 X 11
  Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk)   0 1 0 4 0 0 0 X 5
Draw 7

Sunday, January 28, 18:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)   0 4 0 4 2 2 3 X 15
  Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel) 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 4
Draw 10

Monday, January 29, 18:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Qatar (Al-Fahad / Alnaimi)   0 2 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
  Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel) 3 0 4 1 0 1 3 X 12
Draw 12

Tuesday, January 30, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel) 0 3 0 0 1 0 X X 4
  Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg)   4 0 3 2 0 5 X X 14
Draw 14

Wednesday, January 31, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (Wendling / Paral)   1 2 3 1 2 3 X X 12
  Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0

Luge

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Slovenia qualified one male luger.[7]

Ski jumping

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Slovenia qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ^ "NOC Entries: Team Slovenia". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  6. ^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Men´s Singles World Cup referring D.1" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation (FIL). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.