Petra Robnik (born 16 October 1984 in Blejska Dobrava,

Jesenice Jesenice (, ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru'', vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 144.) is the tenth-largest town in Slovenia, located in the traditional province of Upper C ...

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) is a

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether ...

. A member of SK Jesenice, she competes in all disciplines. Robnik represented Slovenia at the

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. She was placed 25th in the downhill, 21st in the combined and 29th in the

Super-G Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event ...

. Her

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was debut in 2004 in slalom in

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. So far, her best result is 8th place in Super-combined (

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, 2007). Her best result in European cup is 8th place in slalom (

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, 2008).

Results in the Slovenian national championship

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* * Slovenian female alpine skiers Living people 1984 births Olympic alpine skiers for Slovenia Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Winter World University Games medalists in alpine skiing People from the Municipality of Jesenice FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Slovenia Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade {{Slovenia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub