Leona Popović
Leona Popović (Croatian pronunciation: [pǒpoʋitɕ];[1] born 13 November 1997) is a Croatian alpine ski racer. Previously, she competed in all disciplines, but now specialises in slalom. Her best World Cup finish is 2nd place in slalom.
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| Born | 13 November 1997 |
| Occupation | Alpine skier |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom, combined |
| Club | SK Rijeka |
| World Cup debut | 4 January 2015 (age 17) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 2 – (2018, 2022) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 3 – (2015, 2017, 2021) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 8 – (2015–2018, 2020– 2023) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 – (1 SL) |
| Overall titles | 0 – (27th in 2023) |
| Discipline titles | 0 – (6th in SL; 2023) |
Popović's first major competition was the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, where she competed in all disciplines at age seventeen; her best result was 27th in slalom.[2] By her 22nd birthday, she had incurred three surgeries on her left leg. In 2015, she broke her tibia while training slalom, and two surgeries were required in 2018 to fix torn knee ligaments (ACL and MCL) sustained in a crash at the Olympics in the second run of the giant slalom.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 19 | 92 | — | — | — | — | 23 |
| 2018 | 20 | 105 | — | 43 | — | — | 33 |
| 2019 | 21 | injured, did not compete | |||||
| 2020 | 22 | 117 | 48 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 23 | 87 | 36 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 24 | 51 | 14 | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | 25 | 27 | 6 | — | — | — | |
Race podiums
- 0 wins
- 1 podium (1 SL); 10 top tens (10 SL)
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2023 | 18 Mar 2023 |  Soldeu, Andorra | Slalom | 2nd |
Results per discipline
| Discipline | WC starts | WC Top 30 | WC Top 15 | WC Top 5 | WC Podium | Best result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Place | ||||||
| Slalom | 37 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 18 March 2023 | Soldeu, Andorra | 2nd |
| Giant slalom | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 January 2018 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Lenzerheide, Switzerland | 23rd |
| Super-G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 December 2017 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | 53rd |
| Downhill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Combined | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 February 2017 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | 17th |
| Total | 63 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | 27 | 37 | 30 | 36 | DNF1 |
| 2017 | 19 | DNF1 | DNF2 | DNF | — | DNF2 |
| 2019 | 21 | injured, did not compete | ||||
| 2021 | 23 | 21 | 25 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 25 | 17 | — | — | — | — |
Olympic results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 20 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 24 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
References
- "pȍp1". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-18.
Pòpović
- "Beaver Creek 2015, Leona Popovic results". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
External links
- Leona Popović at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Leona Popović at FIS (alpine)
- Leona Popović at Olympics.com
- Leona Popović at Olympedia
- Leona Popović at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived, also available in English)
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