Slovenia at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Beijing – Slovenian athletes won seven medals at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, which puts the country second only to Norway in medals per capita. Overall, Slovenia ranks 15th among all countries on the Olympic medal table.

Team Slovenia won two golds, three silvers and two bronze medals, four of which in ski jumping, two in snowboarding and one in alpine skiing.

Beijing – Slovenian snowboarder Tim Mastnak won silver in the men’s parallel giant slalom on Tuesday, his first Olympic medal and the fifth medal for Slovenia at the Beijing Olympics.

Beijing – Slovenian ski jumpers Nika Križnar, Urša Bogataj, Timi Zajc and Peter Prevc won the gold medal in the mixed team normal hill event at the Winter Olympics on Monday to make history as the first nation to win the event in its Olympic premiere in Beijing.

Beijing – Slovenian ski jumpers Urša Bogataj and Nika Križnar made history at the Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou on Saturday, as Bogataj has won the gold and Križnar won the bronze medal. It is the first time that more than one Slovenian athlete has made the Olympic podium in the same event.

Beijing – Slovenian snowboarder Rok Marguč will replace his team-mate Žan Košir as one of Slovenia’s flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on 4 February, since Košir remains in isolation after testing positive for coronavirus upon arriving in China.

Ljubljana – Alpine skier Ilka Štuhec and snowboarder Žan Košir will be Slovenia’s flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games on 4 February, the Slovenian Olympic Committee said on Monday.

The 28-year-old beat Russia's Andrey Sobolev in the final for what is his third career World Cup win.

Mastnak also won this season's opening race and took silver at the World Championships in Park City in early February.

Third place in Secret Garden went to Stefan Baumeister from Germany.