Franci Petek (born 15 June 1971) is a Slovenian former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

and geographer who represented Yugoslavia during his ski jumping career.

Career

At the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Petek won a gold medal for

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

in the individual large hill. Petek's best finish at the

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

was 6th in the team large hill competition and 8th in the individual large hill at

Albertville Albertville (; Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It is best known for hosting t ...

in 1992. He also finished 22nd in the 1990

Ski Flying World Championships The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a ski flying event organised by the International Ski Federation and held every two years. The event takes place on hills much larger than ski jumping hills, with the K-point The construction point ( g ...

and his only other victory was in an individual large hill competition at Engelberg, Switzerland in 1990. He married Polona Kamenšek in 2000 and they have three children. Professionally he works as

geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" a ...

and together with Petra Majdič he is the co-ambassador of Planica.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

References

* 1971 births Living people Slovenian male ski jumpers Yugoslav male ski jumpers Slovenian geographers People from the Municipality of Kranjska Gora Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice Yugoslav geographers Universiade medalists in ski jumping Universiade silver medalists for Slovenia Competitors at the 1995 Winter Universiade {{Slovenia-skijumping-bio-stub