Damjan Fras (born 21 February 1973) is a Slovenian former
ski jumper
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who competed from 1990 to 2006. His career best achievement was winning a bronze medal at the
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...
in
Salt Lake City
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in the team large hill event.
Fras also won bronze in the individual normal hill event at the 1991 World Junior Championships and finished third three times in the individual normal hill events in
Velenje
Velenje (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 272.) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, sixth-largest city of Slovenia, and t ...
at
Continental Cup level.
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1973 births
Living people
Skiers from Ljubljana
Slovenian male ski jumpers
Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Olympic ski jumpers for Slovenia
Olympic bronze medalists for Slovenia
Olympic medalists in ski jumping
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
21st-century Slovenian sportsmen
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