Žan Košir (born 11 April 1984) is a Slovenian

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...

. Košir represented Slovenia at the

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where he finished 6th in parallel giant slalom. At the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

, Košir won a bronze medal in the same discipline, beating

Patrick Bussler Patrick Bussler (born 1 June 1984 in Munich) is a German snowboarder. He competed for Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Men's parallel giant slalom. He was later selected to compete for Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics Germany participa ...

of Germany in the bronze medal race.http://www.sochi2014.com/en/snowboard-men-s-pgs-finals

World Cup results

Season titles

* 3 titles – (1 parallel overall, 1 parallel giant slalom, 1 parallel slalom)

Race podiums

* 4 wins – (3

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, 1 PGS) * 15 podiums – (8

, 7 PGS)

Olympic results

World Championships results

References

External links

* 1984 births Slovenian male snowboarders Living people Olympic snowboarders of Slovenia Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Kranj Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Slovenia Olympic bronze medalists for Slovenia Olympic medalists in snowboarding Universiade medalists in snowboarding Universiade silver medalists for Slovenia Competitors at the 2005 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade {{Slovenia-snowboarding-bio-stub