Nika Prevc

Nika Prevc (born 15 March 2005) is a Slovenian ski jumper. She is one of the most successful women's ski jumpers of all time with three overall FIS Ski Jumping World Cup titles, two individual gold medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and three medals (one gold) at the Winter Olympics. Prevc has also won 40 individual World Cup events, the second-most behind only Sara Takanashi. In addition, she holds the record for most points won in a women's World Cup season (2,676), the record for most wins in a single World Cup season (18), and the joint record for most consecutive wins in a single World Cup season (10).

Prevc is the current women's world record holder with , set in Planica on 27 March 2026.

Career Early career Prevc made her official ski jumping debut on 5 August 2018, at the age of 13, at the FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup competition in Klingenthal. She finished in 29th place out of 55 competitors. Almost exactly a year later, on 4 August 2019, she achieved her first Alpen Cup victory at the same venue.

In the 2020–21 Alpen Cup season, Prevc became the overall winner of the competition with 597 points out of 8 events; she also finished outside the top three only twice. In the same season, she also made her debut in the FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, where she finished seventh overall.

World Cup debut, first podium and youth world champion (2021–2023) Prevc competing in Hinzenbach in February 2023, where she won her first World Cup podium. Prevc made her debut in the top-tier FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in November 2021, aged 16, in Nizhny Tagil. She finished her inaugural match in 23rd place, which was enough for her first World Cup points.

Prevc won several gold medals at junior level in 2022. She won the individual gold at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, in addition to gold in the mixed team event. Prevc also became the junior world champion at the 2022 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Zakopane, where she also won gold in the women's team event and a silver medal in the mixed team event with the Slovenia national team.

In February 2023, she finished on the World Cup podium for the first time after finishing third in Hinzenbach.

World Cup overall titles, records and Olympic debut (2023–present) The 2023–24 season marked a breakthrough in her career. On 16 December 2023 in Engelberg, Prevc achieved her first individual World Cup victory after finishing above her countrywoman Ema Klinec. She then clinched the overall ranking of the inaugural 'Two Nights Tour' with a victory in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and a fifth-place finish in Oberstdorf, and took the lead in the overall World Cup standings after a victory in Villach in January 2024. Prevc finished the season in first place with 1,454 points, winning 7 out of 24 events. She became the fourth Slovenian ski jumper to win the overall World Cup title after Primož Peterka, her brother Peter Prevc, and Nika Križnar.

In the 2024–25 season, Prevc again won the overall ranking of the Two Nights Tour with World Cup victories in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberstdorf. On 13 March 2025 in Oslo, she officially retained the overall World Cup title after going on a seven-match winning streak, becoming the third woman after Sara Takanashi and Maren Lundby to win more than one World Cup title. The next day, Prevc set a women's world record at during the training session at the ski flying hill in Vikersund. At the 2024–25 World Cup season finale in Lahti, she broke several records. In the final match of the season, Prevc won by a record points margin over the runner-up, after having a 51.4-point lead over second-place finisher Selina Freitag. She also set the record for the most points scored in a women's World Cup season with 1,933, surpassing the 1,909 points set by Lundby in the 2018–19 season. Additionally, she finished the season with ten consecutive World Cup victories, tying Takanashi's record set in 2015–16. She also tied another record held by Takanashi for the most World Cup victories in a single season, with fifteen.

In the same season, Prevc became world champion in both women's individual events (normal hill and large hill) at the 2025 Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, therefore becoming the first woman to win two individual gold medals at the same championship. In addition, she also won a silver medal in the mixed team event together with Klinec, Anže Lanišek and her brother Domen Prevc.

Prevc made her Winter Olympics debut in 2026, serving as a flag bearer for Slovenia with her brother Domen at the opening ceremony. After winning the silver medal in the women's normal hill event, she joined two of her brothers (Peter and Cene) as Olympic medallists in ski jumping. A few days later, she won gold with the Slovenian team in the mixed team competition, along with her brother Domen, Lanišek and Nika Vodan. This made the Prevc siblings the third family with at least four siblings to each win an Olympic medal.

Personal life Prevc was born in Kranj to Božidar and Julijana Prevc; the family has since been living in the village of Dolenja Vas. She has three brothers and a sister. All three of her brothers, Peter, Cene and Domen, are also ski jumpers. Her father, who owns a furniture business, is an international ski jumping referee.

Major tournament results Winter Olympics Year Normal hill Large hill Mixed team Milano Cortina 2026 2 3 1

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Year Normal hill Large hill Team Mixed team Planica 2023 17 40 4 — Trondheim 2025 1 1 4 2

FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships Year Normal hill Team Mixed team Lahti 2021 11 3 — Zakopane 2022 1 1 2 Whistler 2023 2 2 1

World Cup results Overall standings Season Position Points2021–22 22 1992022–23 19 3662023–24 11,4542024–25 11,9332025–26 12,676

Individual wins No. Season Date Location Hill Hill size12023–24 16 December 2023 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze Large HS140230 December 2023 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze Large HS14233 January 2024 Villach Villacher Alpenarena Normal HS9844 January 2024 Villach Villacher Alpenarena Normal HS98519 January 2024 Zaō Yamagata Normal HS102628 January 2024 Ljubno Savina Normal HS94713 March 2024 Trondheim Granåsen Large HS13882024–25 23 November 2024 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken Large HS140921 December 2024 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze Large HS1401031 December 2024 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze Large HS142111 January 2025 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze Large HS1371224 January 2025 Zaō Yamagata Normal HS102137 February 2025 Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale Large HS128148 February 2025 Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale Large HS1281515 February 2025 Ljubno Savina Normal HS941616 February 2025 Ljubno Savina Normal HS941722 February 2025 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze Normal HS901823 February 2025 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze Normal HS901913 March 2025 Oslo Holmenkollbakken Large HS1342015 March 2025 Vikersund Vikersundbakken Flying HS2402120 March 2025 Lahti Salpausselkä Large HS1302221 March 2025 Lahti Salpausselkä Large HS130232025–26 30 November 2025 Falun Lugnet Large HS132245 December 2025 Wisła Malinka Large HS1342513 December 2025 Klingenthal Vogtland Arena Large HS1402621 December 2025 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze Large HS1402731 December 2025 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze Large HS142285 January 2026 Villach Villacher Alpenarena Normal HS98296 January 2026 Villach Villacher Alpenarena Normal HS983010 January 2026 Ljubno Savina Normal HS943111 January 2026 Ljubno Savina Normal HS943216 January 2026 Zhangjiakou Snow Ruyi Large HS1403317 January 2026 Zhangjiakou Snow Ruyi Large HS1403424 January 2026 Sapporo Ōkurayama Large HS1373525 January 2026 Sapporo Ōkurayama Large HS1373628 February 2026 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze Normal HS90375 March 2026 Lahti Salpausselkä Large HS130386 March 2026 Lahti Salpausselkä Large HS1303914 March 2026 Oslo Holmenkollbakken Large HS1344028 March 2026 Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek Flying HS240

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