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Peter Prevc
The beginnings on Bregarce
Prevc, who was born in Kranj, comes from a large family. He still has two brothers – price and domain who are also jumpers – and two sisters. For the first time jumped on skis, but such runs, nine years old on the 25-meter ski jump Bregarka located near his home. A year later, his father Bozidar that hobby dealt with ski jumping, enrolled his son to the club SK Triglav Kranj. There, Peter first came into contact with real skis hock.
The first big success was in Poland
He was not yet finite 14 years old when I first took part in the international competition of the FIS Race in Einsiedeln. He took the 36th place. Less than a year later he took part in the competition in the FIS Cup in Bischofshofen, where he first came into contact with seniors on an international level. I ended up at the 55th position.
On the first big success waited until February 2009. Then in Szczyrk he was held Winter European Youth Festival. Prevc was one of the biggest stars of this event. He won two gold medals. In the individual competition, in which about 1.5 percentage points. Bulgarian Vladimir Zografski overcame, and team. Then in the Slovenian team jumped off Precvem: Luka Leban, Jaka Hvala and Justin year. Later that same year, but in December he made his debut in the World Cup. In Lillehammer 17-year-old Prevc took 22nd place in Lillehammer.
Olympic debut
In January 2010 he became the world junior runner-up individually, and together with his colleagues picked up the bronze in the team in Hinterzarten. With good performances there won a place in the national team at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. Two weeks later, aged 17, took seventh place on the normal hill. The large facility was 16 and won the team competition with his friends eighth place. After this event, he began to foretell a great future. Indeed. A year later, he won a bronze medal in the team world championships in Oslo.
Winning fall
In 2012, he had to prematurely end the season, as recorded fall on the huge hill in the team competition in Oberstdorf. Then damaged shoulder. Although it did not stop the stroke, it contributed to the fact that the Slovenian team for the first time in history won the World Cup.
Eternal second
Two years later, in Val di Fiemme gold medal in the large hill he lost only Kamil Stoch. In Italy, he won a bronze medal on the normal hill. With the Winter Olympics in Sochi, which took place in 2014, also brought the same set of medals. Except that the normal hill silver and bronze from the big blind. In both cases, the best was Stoch. In the same year he won a bronze medal at the World Championships in flight and second place in the overall World Cup. In season 2014/2015 fight for the crystal globe lost to Severin Freund. Prevc scored the number of points, but about the triumph of the German decided more victories in the season. All this has happened in Planica and in incredible circumstances. The competition was won then Jurij Tepes, pushing the same Prevc to second place. If that did not happen, then Slovenia wzniósłby up crystal globe.
The first person in the world
In February 2015 he became the first man in the a world that has reached the limit of 250 meters in the long jump. The Norwegian Vikersund jumped straight 250 meters, which was a new world record. It survived only one day, because about 1.5 meters corrected Norwegian Anders Fannemel.
Beloved Slovenia
Slovenians long been waiting for such a great jumper. Actually, they did not have such a player since the legendary Primoz Peterka, who in 1997-1998 won the World Cup. In 1997 he also won the Four Hills Tournament. Only that Peterka he knocked the pedestal. Prevcowi rather not threatened. It’s quiet and laid the boy that the success came with hard work. And for that love him in Slovenia, which is reflected in the fact that three times was elected Athlete of the Year in the country.
Dynasty Prevców
Prevc etched in the history of the world jumping with his younger brother domains. Peter won in December last year, the World Cup in Engelberg. Domen was then the second. It was the first such case in the history of World Cup ski jumping to the podium were two brothers.
Peter It is the oldest of the brothers. Domen, who is 16 years old, is the youngest. In the middle is still 19-year-old Cena. The latter is also a jumper. He has already played in the World Cup, but recently more can be found in the Continental Cup. Instead, he focused on sports now studying mathematics and physics. Behind jumping also he took his 10-year-old sister Nika. Another of the sisters is a 6-year-old Ema.
Books and faith
Peter now lives with her friend Mina in the tiny village of Dolenja Vas (50 km from Ljubljana), which has 500 inhabitants. There he lives the whole family Prevc.
Passion Prevc, the media comparing to the silent and sad Finn Janne Ahonen is reading books. His mother Julijana, which is a librarian, regularly provide him with the latest best sellers. Prevc is very faithful and willingly talks about faith. Recently, the Catholic magazine “#najst”, which is published in Slovenia, recalled when, as a child went with his parents to church. Asked about this, this was, he replied, somewhat philosophically: “The fact that people should learn to live well. If you’ll be good for another, it is good then come back to you.” Since I took up the sport professionally, but he lacks the time for it to go to Sunday mass. He also wonders such an approach to faith. “I do not know why some believers think that only on Sunday should go to church. For faith should be reserved every day of the week” – he said.
From Bischofshofen – Tomasz Kalemba, Eurosport.Onet.pl
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