Jure Košir
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| Disciplines | Giant slalom, Slalom | ||||||||||||
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| Club | ASK Kranjska Gora | ||||||||||||
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April 24, 1972 Jesenice, SFR Yugoslavia |
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| World Cup debut | November 24, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Retired | March 25, 2006 | ||||||||||||
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| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||
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| Medals | 0 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Podiums | 20 | ||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||
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Jure Košir (
pronunciation ; born April 24, 1972 in Mojstrana) is a Slovenian former alpine skier.
Košir's first international success was the title of the world junior champion in super G, won in Hemsedal in 1991. Later he focused in technical disciplines, esp. slalom and made quick progress, noticed also by his good friend, Italian champion Alberto Tomba. The first peak of his career was achieved in the season 1993/94 when he achieved the first World Cup victory for independent Slovenia, won the bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and finished the season at the 3rd place of the World Cup slalom standings.
The next season, 1994/95, was successful as well. He couldn't beat Alberto Tomba but he won three World Cup medals: silver in giant slalom standings, bronze in slalom and overall standings.
The next few seasons were slightly less successful until he reached his second peak of his career in 1998/99 when he won two more slalom races (one of them was at his "home" resort in Kranjska Gora) and finished the season at the 2nd place of the World Cup slalom standings. After this season his career gradually went down so in 2005 he announced he would conclude his career after the 2005/06 season. He confirmed his retirement after the 2006 Winter Olympics when he was not chosen to compete in slalom.
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