Živa Klemenčič (born 7 January 2001) is a Slovenian

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...

. She has competed in the

Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons until 1986–87 season were called the European Cup, alt ...

since 2021.

Career

Živa Klemenčič has been competing in biathlon since 2016. She made her international debut in the IBU Junior Cup in

Pokljuka The Pokljuka Plateau () is a forested karst plateau at an elevation of around , located in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia. The plateau is known for its forests, pasture, mountain pastures (Javornik, Lipanca, Uskovnica, Zajamniki, etc ...

at the end of January 2017 and also took part in the Junior World Championships in the same year. In January 2019, Klemenčič made her debut in the

IBU Cup The IBU Cup in biathlon has been held since the winter seasons of 1982–83 and 1988–89, for women and men, respectively. Until the 2007–08 season this competition was called Biathlon European Cup. It is the second-rank competition in biathlo ...

Duszniki-Zdrój Duszniki-Zdrój (; ; ), often simplified to Duszniki, is a spa town in Kłodzko Valley and Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 4,329. Situated on the Bystrzyca Rive ...

and finished 41st in the sprint. Slovenian made her debut at the

European Championships A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

, and in March 2021 she competed at the

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

in her home country, finishing 55th in the individual race. Klemenčič also competed for

Slovenia at the 2022 Winter Olympics Slovenia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Alpine skier Ilka Štuhec and snowboarder Žan Košir were initially chosen as the flag-bearers at the opening ceremony, however, as Košir tested positi ...

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

where she finished 64th and 79th in the individual and sprint races and 20th in the mixed relay.

Personal life

She has an older sister

Polona Klemenčič Polona Klemenčič (born 16 April 1997) is a Slovenian biathlete. She has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2018. Career Klemenčič competed for Slovenia at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Her best result was 20th place in the mixe ...

, who is also a biathlete.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; ) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the city. It was rocked by a corruption ...

Olympic Games

World Championships

:''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Klemenčič, Živa 2001 births Living people Slovenian female biathletes Sportspeople from Kranj Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Slovenia 21st-century Slovenian sportswomen