Jure Košir

Jure Košir (; born 24 April 1972) is a Slovenian former alpine skier.

Career Košir's first international success was the title of the world junior champion in super-G, won in Hemsedal in 1991. Later he focused in technical disciplines, esp. slalom and made quick progress, noticed also by his good friend, Italian champion Alberto Tomba. The first peak of his career was achieved in the season 1993/94 when he achieved the first World Cup victory for independent Slovenia, won the bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and finished the season at the 3rd place of the World Cup slalom standings.

The next season, 1994/95, was successful as well. He couldn't beat Alberto Tomba but he won three World Cup medals: silver in giant slalom standings, bronze in slalom and overall standings.

The next few seasons were slightly less successful until he reached his second peak of his career in 1998/99 when he won two more slalom races (one of them was at his "home" resort in Kranjska Gora) and finished the season at the 2nd place of the World Cup slalom standings. After this season his career gradually went down so in 2005 he announced he would conclude his career after the 2005/06 season. He confirmed his retirement after the 2006 Winter Olympics when he was not chosen to compete in slalom.

Besides that he won additional 20 top 3 podiums, 18 of them at slalom.

Besides his achievements in sport, he has also engaged in musical activity in the mid-1990s, during the peak of his popularity. He recorded a few rap songs, one of them, "Včasih smučam hit, včasih pa počas" ("Sometimes I ski fast, sometimes I ski slowly"), being quite popular in Slovenia. He was also a member of a rap group, Pasji kartel ("Dog's cartel").

He officially ended his skiing career on 25 March 2006 with an event in Kranjska Gora including special skiing competition between ski legends (Bojan Križaj, Ingemar Stenmark, Boris Strel, Mateja Svet, Alberto Tomba and many others) and many music performances.

World Cup results

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1992 19 112 42 49 — — — 1993 20 26 6 34 — — — 1994 21 15 3 23 — — — 1995 22 3 3 2 — — — 1996 23 13 5 17 — — — 1997 24 30 16 13 — — — 1998 25 21 8 19 — — — 1999 26 12 2 18 — — — 2000 27 31 10 41 — — — 2001 28 25 6 — — — — 2002 29 43 13 42 — — — 2003 30 146 59 — — — — 2004 31 83 33 — — — — 2005 32 85 32 — — — — 2006 33 123 52 — — — —

Race podiums 3 wins (3 SL) 20 podiums (18 SL, 2 GS) Season Date Location Discipline Position 1993 17 January 1993 Lech, Austria Slalom 2nd 1994 28 November 1993 Park City, United States Slalom 2nd 5 December 1993 Stoneham, Canada Slalom 3rd 20 December 1993 Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 1st 30 January 1994 Chamonix, France Slalom 3rd 6 February 1994 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Slalom 3rd 1995 20 December 1994 Lech, Austria Slalom 3rd 15 January 1995 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 2nd 22 January 1995 Wengen, Switzerland Slalom 3rd 4 February 1995 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom 2nd 20 February 1995 Furano, Japan Giant slalom 2nd 1996 22 December 1995 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 2nd 7 January 1996 Flachau, Austria Slalom 3rd 14 January 1996 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 3rd 10 March 1996 Hafjell, Norway Slalom 3rd 1999 14 December 1998 Sestriere, Italy Slalom 3rd 6 January 1999 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 1st 24 January 1999 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 1st 2001 21 January 2001 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 2nd 18 February 2001 Shigakogen, Japan Slalom 3rd

Olympic Games results Season Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1992 19 — 22 29 — 13 1994 21 3 23 — — — 1998 25 DNF1 5 — — — 2002 29 8 DNF2 — — —

World championships results Season Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1996 23 DNF2 8 — — — 1997 24 12 DNF1 — — — 1999 26 10 19 — — — 2001 28 8 — — — — 2003 30 did not compete 2005 32 DNF1 — — — —