Vesna Fabjan (born 13 March 1985) is a Slovenian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001. Competing in three

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, her best finish is third in the individual sprint event at

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. Fabjan's best finish at the

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was fourth in the individual sprint in

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. She finished ninth in the team sprint event in

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. Her two World Cup victories were achieved at a sprint freestyle event in

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in January 2010 and February 2011. Fabjan finished third in the individual sprint to win bronze at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. In June 2020, she announced her retirement.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships

World Cup

Individual podiums

* 2 victories – (2 ) * 5 podiums – (5 )

Team podiums

* 1 podium – (1 )

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabjan, Vesna 1985 births Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic cross-country skiers for Slovenia Skiers from Kranj Slovenian female cross-country skiers Olympic bronze medalists for Slovenia Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Winter World University Games medalists in cross-country skiing FISU World University Games gold medalists for Slovenia Competitors at the 2005 Winter Universiade