Gloria Kotnik

Gloria Kotnik (born 1 June 1989) is a Slovenian snowboarder. She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where she finished 27th in parallel giant slalom.[2] At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, she finished 24th in parallel giant slalom. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, she won a bronze medal in the women's parallel giant slalom event.[3] 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]

Gloria Kotnik
Kotnik in 2009
CountrySlovenia
Born (1989-06-01) 1 June 1989
Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Ski clubDeska Velenje
World Cup career
Seasons2006–2015
2017–2020
2022–present
Indiv. starts137
Medal record
Olympic Games
2022 BeijingParallel giant slalom
Winter Universiade
2011 ErzurumParallel giant slalom
Updated on 8 February 2022.

Olympic results
  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
Year Parallel
giant slalom		 Parallel
slalom
2010 Vancouver27—
2014 Sochi2423
2018 Pyeongchang15—
2022 Beijing3—

Personal life

Kotnik studied management at University of Primorska.[4] In March 2020, she decided to take a break from competitive sport due to burnout and to focus on family.[5] In January 2021, she gave birth to a son, named Maj.[6] She returned to competing in December 2021.[5]

References
  1. "Gloria Kotnik". Olympics.com.
  2. "SR Olympic Sports: Glorija Kotnik". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  3. "Mastnak nadaljuje slovenski deskarski niz medalj, Kotnik z bronom spisala senzacijo" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. "Novice FM – Februar 2014" (PDF) (in Slovenian). University of Primorska. p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. "Gloria Kotnik na vrtiljaku čustev: Nisem še dojela, kaj imam okrog vratu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. Robnik, Špela (3 November 2021). "Gloria Kotnik o materinstvu in pasteh vrhunskega športa". Mična (in Slovenian). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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