Sport in Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

is led by four main team sports: football, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

, handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

. Individual sports including tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

, cycling

Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

, athletics, and skiing

Skiing

Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....

 are also popular. Slovenia also has competed in eleven summer and winter Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

. Slovenia is also famous for its extreme sportspeople, such as ultramarathon swimmer Martin Strel

Martin Strel

Martin Strel in Mokronog, SFR Yugoslavia, is a legendary Slovenian long-distance swimmer, best known for swimming the entire length of various rivers. Strel holds successive Guinness World Records for swimming the Danube river, the Mississippi River, the Yangtze River, and the Amazon River....

 and Davo Karničar

Davo Karnicar

Davorin "Davo" Karničar is a Slovenian climber and an extreme skier.As an active Alpine skier, he was a member of the National Alpine Ski Team between 1975 and 1982. An Alpine climber since 1980, he has so far recorded over 1.400 Alpine climbs and ski descents...

, the only person to ski down Mount Everest.

Football

Football in Slovenia is played domestically at the top level in the Slovenian PrvaLiga (1. SNL), with 10 teams. Followed by the 2.SNL, and the two-sectioned 3.SNL

3.SNL

Slovenian third league , commonly known as 3.SNL, is the third tier in Slovenian football system. It is operated by Intercommunal football associations of Koper and Ptuj ....

. The Slovenia national football team

Slovenia national football team

The Slovenia national football team is the national football team of Slovenia and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. The team played their first match in 1992 after the split of Yugoslavia in 1991....

 is ranked fifteenth in the world and has qualified for two FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

s (2002, 2010), and one UEFA European Football Championship

UEFA European Football Championship

The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...

 (2000), in the past decade. The national soccer team qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

2010 FIFA World Cup

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...

 by upsetting heavily favored Russia in the qualifying tournament. Russia, with a population of 142 million, is 71 times more populous than Slovenia. They have played in Group C

2010 FIFA World Cup Group C

Group C of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 12 June and ended on 23 June 2010. The group consisted of England, the United States, Algeria, and Slovenia...

 with England, Algeria, and the United States. Slovene football stars include;Samir Handanovič

Samir Handanovic

Samir Handanovič, is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Udinese and the Slovenian national team. He is well known for his ability to save pentalies...

, Robert Koren

Robert Koren

Robert Koren is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hull City and as the captain for the Slovenian national team.-Early career:...

, Milivoje Novakovič

Milivoje Novakovic

Milivoje Novakovič is a Slovenian footballer who plays for 1. FC Köln and the Slovenia national team.-Club career:...

, Josip Iličič

Josip Iličič

Josip Iličić is a Slovenian football midfielder, who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Palermo and the Slovenia national team. In Slovenia he is nicknamed Jojo.-Club career:...

 and Zlatan Ljubijankič

Zlatan Ljubijankic

Zlatan Ljubijankič is a Slovenian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Belgian First Division club K.A.A...

. Stars from the past: Brane Oblak, Danilo Popivoda

Danilo Popivoda

Danilo Popivoda is a former Slovenian football player.On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team , and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, and at Euro 1976, where he scored a goal in a match against West Germany.- Clubs : NK Olimpija Ljubljana Eintracht Braunschweig...

, Srečko Katanec

Srecko Katanec

Srečko Katanec is a Slovenian football manager and a former player capped for Yugoslavia and Slovenia. His last position was as the manager of the United Arab Emirates national football team.-Career:...

, Džoni Novak and Zlatko Zahovič

Zlatko Zahovic

Zlatko Zahovič is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.After making a name for himself in Europe in Portugal, most notably with Porto and Benfica, he went on to have unassuming spells in Spain and Greece...

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Basketball

Top-level Slovene Basketball is played in the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League

Premier A Slovenian Basketball League

The Premier A Slovenian Basketball League , abbreviated as 1. A SKL and known for sponsorship reasons as the Telemach League , is the top-level professional men's basketball league in Slovenia...

, with 13 teams. The Slovenian national basketball team has qualified for eight Eurobasket

Eurobasket

The EuroBasket, also referred to as the FIBA European Basketball Championship, is the main basketball competition contested biennially by the men's national teams governed by FIBA Europe, the European zone within the International Basketball Federation. The championship was first held in 1935 and...

s, including a fourth place finish in 2009, and 2 FIBA World Championship

FIBA World Championship

The FIBA World Championship is an international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation , the sport's global governing body...

 in 2006 and 2010. Famous Slovene basketball players include; Goran Dragić, Sasha Vujačić

Sasha Vujacic

Aleksandar "Sasha" Vujačić is a Slovenian basketball player who has played in Italy, the United States , and more recently for Anadolu Efes S.K. in Turkey...

, Radoslav Nesterović

Radoslav Nesterovic

Radoslav "Rašo" Nesterović , usually referred to in English as Rasho Nesterovic , is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player. He holds citizenship in both Slovenia and Greece. In the NBA he played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, and Toronto Raptors...

, Beno Udrih

Beno Udrih

Beno Udrih is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. He was traded to the Bucks on June 23, 2011 after spending four seasons in Sacramento. -Early career:...

, Matjaž Smodiš

Matjaž Smodiš

Matjaž Smodiš is a Slovenian professional basketball player. He is currently playing for KK Cedevita in Croatia.-Pro career:...

, Marko Milič

Marko Milic

Marko Milič is a Slovenian professional basketball player. Milič's father, Vladimir, was a shot putting champion in the former Yugoslavia. His mother, Metka Papler, is a former successful sportswoman of the same origin...

, Ivo Daneu

Ivo Daneu

Ivo Daneu is a retired Slovenian basketball player and coach.He played for Branik Maribor and Olimpija Ljubljana , won Yugoslav league in 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966 and 1970)....

, Peter Vilfan

Peter Vilfan

Peter Vilfan is a Slovenian basketball player.Vilfan played for KK Union Olimpija and the Yugoslavia national team, with which he won a gold medal in the 1978 FIBA World Championship in Manila.-Club career:...

, Vinko Jelovac

Vinko Jelovac

Vinko Jelovac , is a former Croatian basketball player and coach.A long time KK Olimpija player, Jelovac competed at 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics with Yugoslav basketball team. He also competed at World basketball Championships. Jelovac was named Slovenian Sportsman of the year in 1973 and 1974.-...

, Aljoša Žorga, Primož Brezec

Primož Brezec

Primož Brezec is a Slovenian professional basketball player with Lokomotiv Kuban of the Russian Super League. He is a 7 ft 1 in tall center. Brezec has played seven seasons in the NBA.-Europe:...

, Sani Bečirović

Sani Becirovic

Sani Bečirović is a Slovenian 1.96 m professional basketball player currently plays for the Benetton Treviso, that plays at both point guard and shooting guard positions...

, Jaka Lakovič

Jaka Lakovic

Jaka Lakovič is a Slovenian professional basketball player of Serbian descent. A dynamic 186 cm tall point guard...

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Ice hockey

The Slovenian Ice Hockey Championship, with ten teams, is the highest level ice hockey league in the country. The Slovenia men's national ice hockey team is currently ranked seventeenth in the world, and has qualified for five Ice Hockey World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships

The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...

. One of Slovenia's most famous athletes is Anže Kopitar

Anže Kopitar

Anže Kopitar is a Slovene professional ice hockey player and alternate captain of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League . The first Slovenian to play in the NHL, Kopitar played junior hockey for his hometown team HK Acroni Jesenice and led his native country before he moved to Sweden...

 who plays for the Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings

The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

 of the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

, and his €34.7 million (USD $47.6 million) seven-year contract, is the greatest amount by any Slovene athlete. Other famous Slovene hockey players include; Robert Kristan

Robert Kristan

Robert Kristan is a Slovenian professional goaltender who currently plays in Austrian Hockey League for KHL Medveščak Zagreb.-Playing career:...

, Jan Muršak

Jan Mursak

Jan Muršak is a professional Slovenian ice hockey forward currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League . Muršak first played hockey in Slovenia as a member of HDK Maribor before he left to spend one season in the Czech junior league...

, David Rodman

David Rodman

David Rodman is a Slovenian ice hockey player. He participated at the 2011 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Slovenia men's national ice hockey team.-External links:...

 and Marcel Rodman

Marcel Rodman

Marcel Rodman is a professional Slovenian ice hockey player currently with Vienna Capitals of the Austrian Hockey League.-Draft:...

, Rok Tičar

Rok Tičar

Rok Tičar is a Slovenian ice hockey player. He participated at the 2011 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Slovenia men's national ice hockey team. Tičar is the current member of German DEL ice hockey club, Krefeld Pinguine....

, Žiga Pance

Ziga Pance

Ziga Pance or Žiga Pance is a Slovenian ice hockey player. He participated at the 2011 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Slovenia men's national ice hockey team.-External links:*...

, Žiga Jeglič

Žiga Jeglič

Žiga Jeglič is a Slovenian ice hockey player who currently plays for the Swedish ice hockey club Södertälje SK in Allsvenskan. He participated at the 2011 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Slovenia men's national ice hockey team.-Regular season and playoffs:-External links:*...

, Tomaž Vnuk, Dejan Kontrec, Bojan Zajc, Igor Beribak, Valerij Šahraj, Stanley Reddick, Ed Kastelic, Nik Zupančič.

Handball

Handball is also very popular in Slovenia. Slovenia has played at five handball world championships, with tenth place in Germany 2007 its best achievement. Slovenia played at European handball championships eight times, with second place in Slovenia 2004 European championship. The only time that Slovenia didn't play at EC was in Italy 1998.
Slovenian club Celje Pivovarna Laško won Champions league once in 2004 when they beat Flensburg in the final. They also played six times in the row in Champions league semifinals. Other famous Slovenian teams are Slovan Ljubljana(final Champions cup 1980), Gorenje Velenje and Cimos Koper.

Mediterranean games

Slovenia has competed at MG since 1993. In all-time list holds twelfth place.
Slovenia won 101 medals at Mediterranean games. 27 gold, 28 silver and 46 bronze medals.

Canoeing

Slovenia have very good results in canoeing. They won numerous medals and titles in all the competitions. The most successful participants are:

• Jernej Abramič
• Janez Andrijašič
• Luka Božič
• Albin Čižman
• Peter Guzelj
• Simon Hočevar
• Tone Hočevar
• Borut Javornik
• Peter Kauzer
• Uroš Kodelja
• Jurij Korenjak
• Urša Krajelj
• Sebastjan Linke
• Josip Lipokatič
• Nada Mali
• Fedja Marušič
• Jure Meglič
• Nina Mozetič
• Andrej Nolimal
• Marian Olejnik
• Spela Ponomarenko
• Damjan Prelovšek
• Janež Skok
• Dejan Stevanovič
• Miha Štricelj
• Marjan Štrukelj
• Sašo Taljat
• Eva Terčelj
• Gregor Terdič
• Miha Terdič
• Dušan Tuma
• Andraž Vehovar
• Jože Vidmar
• Boštjan Žitnik
• Franc Žitnik
• Jernej Župančič Regent

Mountain climbing

Slovenia is a major force in alpinism. People such as Tomaž Humar, Tomo Česen and Julius Kugy are among the greatest legends history of alpinism. Other notable Slovenian alpinist are Jakob Aljaž, Klement Jug, Davo Karničar, Nejc Zaplotnik, Miha Valič, Aljaž Anderle, Viki Grošelj, Pavle Kozje, Igor Škamperle and many more.

Rowing

Since the end of Yugoslavia, Slovenian rowers had excellent results in rowing world. The most famous rower in Slovenia is Iztok Čop. Other important rowers are Milan Janša, Jani Klemenčič, Rok Kolander, Sašo Mirjanič, Sadik Mujkić, Miha in Matjaž Pirih, Denis Žvegelj, Matej Prelog in Luka Špik.

Olympics

Olympic performance for Slovenia has been per capita

Per capita

Per capita is a Latin prepositional phrase: per and capita . The phrase thus means "by heads" or "for each head", i.e. per individual or per person...

 disproportionate in success, with fifteen medals at five Summer Olympics, and seven medals at six Winter Olympics.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

 in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Slovenia's three medals, at roughly one medal for every 681,000 Slovenes, was the third best ratio behind only Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, and Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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Tennis

• Grega Žemlja
  Grega Žemlja
  Grega Žemlja is a tennis player from Slovenia.Žemlja reached his highest world ranking #111 in singles and #252 in doubles. He lives in Kranj, Slovenia...
  
  
• Katarina Srebotnik
  Katarina Srebotnik
  Katarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006.Srebotnik won 4 singles titles on the WTA-tour and was a steady top 30...
  
  
• Blaž Kavčič
  Blaž Kavčič
  Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface...
  
  
• Polona Hercog
  Polona Hercog
  Polona Hercog is a Slovenian tennis player. Her highest ranking is No. 35 in singles and No. 56 in doubles. Hercog has won two WTA Tour doubles title and one singles title. She also enjoyed success on the ITF Circuit, winning nine singles and five doubles titles...
  
  
• Masa Zec Peskiric
  Masa Zec Peskiric
  Maša Zec Peškirič is a professional Slovenian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 93, which she reached on June 15, 2009. Her career high in doubles is No...
  
  
• Nastja Kolar
  Nastja Kolar
  Nastja Kolar is a Slovenian tennis player. Her highest ranking is No. 232 in singles and No. 731 in doubles.- 2009 :...
  
  

Ski

• Petra Majdič
  Petra Majdic
  Petra Majdič is a Slovenian former cross-country skier. Her best results came in classic style races. She won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty in sprint races, but she also won a marathon in Trondheim in 2009...
  
  
• Tina Maze
  Tina Maze
  Tina Maze is a renowned Slovenian alpine ski racer. She is the current world champion in giant slalom.Maze first competed in the 2001 World Championships at age 17 and in the 2002 Winter Olympics the following year. She started her career as a giant slalom specialist but later expanded and...
  
  
• Andrej Jerman
  Andrej Jerman
  Andrej Jerman, , is a Slovenian skier.His best result in the Alpine skiing World Cup came at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 2006-07 season, when he won the downhill race. A day later he finished 2nd, again in the downhill. His best result until then was 4th place in Bormio, downhill as well, in the...
  
  
• Cross-country: Vesna Fabjan, Petra Majdič, Katja Višnar,
• Biathlon: Teja Gregorin, Tomas Globočnik, Klemen Bauer, Janez Marič, Andreja Mali,

Dijana Ravnikar, Tadeja Brankovič-Likozar, Andreja Grašič(Koblar).
Alpine skiing: Olympic medals: Mateja Svet(for Yugoslavia),Jure Franko(for Yugoslavia),
Jure Košir, Katja Koren, Alenka Dovžan, Tina Maze
other skiers are: Boris Strel, Rok Petrovič, Bojan Križaj, Tomaž Čižman,
Mitja Dragšič, Mitja Valenčič, Urška Hrovat, Špela Pretnar,
Mojca Suhadolc, Nataša Bokal, Andrej Šporn, Andrej Jerman,
Matjaž Vrhovnik, Mitja Kunc, Bernard Vajdič, Aleš Gorza,
Maruša Ferk.

Cycling

• Borut Božič
  Borut Božic
  Borut Božič is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for . Considered a sprinter in the mould of Óscar Freire, Božič's career highlights include winning the 2007 Tour de Wallonie, victory in the first stage of the 2009 Tour de Pologne , winning the sixth stage of the...
  
  
• Janez Brajkovič
  Janez Brajkovic
  Janez Brajkovič is a racing cyclist from Slovenia. He was the world under-23 Time Trial champion in Verona and rides for on the UCI ProTour.-Career:...
  
  
• Jure Golčer
  Jure Golcer
  Jure Golčer is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer for Perutnina Ptuj.- Palmarès :20022003...
  
  
• Andrej Hauptman
  Andrej Hauptman
  Andrej Hauptman is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist.-Palmarès:2000...
  
  
• Matej Mugerli
  Matej Mugerli
  Matej Mugerli is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer.-Victories:2006-External links:*...
  
  
• Uroš Murn
  Uroš Murn
  Uroš Murn was a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer, most recently for UCI ProTour team Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Murn joined Discovery Channel having previously ridden on the ProTour for Phonak Hearing Systems...
  
  
• Jure Robič
  Jure Robic
  Jure Robič was a Slovenian cyclist and a soldier in the Slovenian Army. He died on in a traffic accident when he was hit by a car on a forest road in Plavški Rovt near Jesenice....
  
  
• Simon Špilak
  Simon Špilak
  Simon Špilak is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .-Palmares:2004...
  
  
• Gorazd Štangelj
  Gorazd Štangelj
  Gorazd Štangelj is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .- Palmares :1998...
  
  
• Tadej Valjavec
  Tadej Valjavec
  Tadej Valjavec is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Zheroquadro Radenska. He is well known as a good climber due to his rides on mountain stages in the Giro d'Italia...
  
  

Athletics

• Primož Kozmus
  Primož Kozmus
  Primož Kozmus is a Slovenian hammer thrower and the current Olympic champion. His gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin made him the first ever Slovenian athlete to win both titles.His personal best throw and Slovenian record is 82.58 metres,...
  
  
• Jolanda Čeplak
  Jolanda Ceplak
  Jolanda Čeplak is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until moving to Monaco.-Running career:...
  
  
• Matic Osovnikar
  Matic Osovnikar
  Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...
  
  
• Martina Ratej
  Martina Ratej
  Martina Ratej is a female javelin thrower from Slovenia. Her personal best is 65.96 metres, achieved on March 2010 in Arles.She competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....
  
  
• Brigita Bukovec
• Brita Bilač
• Borut Bilač
• Gregor Cankar
• Sonja Roman
• Brigita Langerholc
• Helena Javornik
• Alenka Bikar
• Rožle Prezelj
• Boštjan Buč

Ski Jumping

• Primož Peterka, Robert Kranjec, Rok Benkovič, Peter Žonta, Primož Ulaga, Miran Tepeš, Danilo Pudgar, Matjaž Debelak, Matjaž Zupan, Urban Franc, Damjan Fras, Samo Gostiša, Špela Rogelj.

Gymnastics=

• Leon Štukelj, Mitja Petkovšek, Aljaž Pegan, Stane Derganc, Josip Primožič, Miroslav Cerar, Adela Šajn, Rok Klavora, Sašo Bertoncelj.

Judoka

• Urška Žolnir, Lucija Polavder, Raša Sraka, Petra Nareks, Matjaž Ceraj, Rok Drakšič, Sašo Jereb.

Fencing

Most famous Slovenian fencer is Rudolf Cvetko. He won olympic silver medals in 1912 for Austria.
He was the first Slovenian to won a olympic medal. He was the most important promotor of fencing in Yugoslavnian Slovenia.

Shooting

Rajmond Debevec won gold and bronze at Olympic games with numerous other achievements he is the best Slovenian shooter in history. He participated in seven Olympic games in a row for Yugoslavia in Slovenia and he also holds world record in 3-p, Munich WCF 1992, 1186 p.

Sailing

Slovenia has short shoreline but their sailors are very successful. People like Olympic medalist Vasilij Žbogar, Dejan Vinčec and others.

Swimming

• Sara Isakovič
  Sara Isakovic
  Sara Isakovič is a freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. She spent much of her childhood in Dubai. Isakovič was a member of the Žito Gorenjka Radovljica Swimming Club from Radovljica, Slovenia and trained under the supervision of coach Miha Potočnik.Isakovič competed for Slovenia at the 2004 Summer...
  
  
• Peter Mankoč
  Peter Mankoc
  Peter Mankoč is one of the best Slovenian swimmers of all time and one of the most successful short course European Championship swimmers in the history of the event.- Personal :...
  
  
• Borut Petrič
• Darjan Petrič
• Anja Klinar
• Alenka Kejžar
• Nataša Kejžar
• Metka Šparovec
• Jernej Godec
• Blaž Medvešek
• Matjaž Markič
• Emil Tahirović
• Damir Dugonjić
• Igor Majcen
• Nace Majcen
• Jure Bučar
• Anja Čarman
• Martin Strel

Motosport

The only woman the encircled the world with the motobike is Benka Pulko. On June 19, 1997, Benka Pulko departed from her hometown of Ptuj, Slovenia on a BMW F650 motorcycle. She returned to Ptuj on December 10, 2002, having established the Guinness World Records[2][3] for the longest solo motorcycle ride ever undertaken by a woman - in both distance, 180,015 km, and duration, 2,000 days. In the process she also became the first motorcyclist to reach Antarctica, and the first woman to ride solo across Saudi Arabia.
Igor Jerman in participant in Superbike comptetition.