Primož Peterka

1997–1998

In the 1997–98 season, Peterka won four individual competitions and a second consecutive World Cup title, defeating Kazuyoshi Funaki in the final competition of the season. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Peterka claimed fifth place in the individual large hill competition and sixth in the individual normal hill competition.

Later career In the 2001–02 World Cup season, Peterka returned to the ski jumping elite. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he won the bronze team medal. The 2002–03 season was also successful, with Peterka winning two individual events (Kuusamo and Garmisch-Partenkirchen) and finishing the season seventh overall.

From 2004 onwards, Peterka never finished in the top 10 in an individual World Cup event. However, at the 2005 World Championships in Oberstdorf he won another bronze team medal for Slovenia, together with Jure Bogataj, Rok Benkovič and Jernej Damjan. This made Peterka the first Slovenian ski jumper to win medals both at the Olympics and at the World Championships. After the 2010–11 season, Peterka officially retired from competitive ski jumping.

Personal life Peterka was born in Prikrnica, near Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia).

His younger brother Uroš was also a ski jumper.

World Cup results Standings Season Overall1995–96 10 38 — N/A 91996–97 6 1997–98 22 10 1998–99 27 28 20 33 311999–00 67 51 — — 662000–01 — — — — N/A2001–02 25 13 N/A 14 N/A2002–03 7 5 N/A 27 N/A 2003–04 45 28 N/A 33 N/A2004–05 34 38 N/A 23 N/A2005–06 32 21 N/A 33 N/A 2006–07 81 — N/A — N/A2007–08 40 — N/A 39 N/A2008–09 47 45 — — N/A

Individual wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size1 1995–96 27 January 1996 Zakopane Wielka Krokiew K116 2 13 March 1996 Falun Lugnet K90 3 1996–97 8 December 1996 Kuusamo Rukatunturi K120 LH4 15 December 1996 Harrachov Čerťák K120 LH5 1 January 1997 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K115 LH6 11 January 1997 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 LH7 12 January 1997 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 LH8 9 February 1997 Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf Kulm K185 9 13 March 1997 Falun Lugnet K115 LH10 1997–98 18 January 1998 Zakopane Wielka Krokiew K116 LH11 8 March 1998 Lahti Salpausselkä K116 LH12 11 March 1998 Falun Lugnet K115 LH13 15 March 1998 Oslo Holmenkollbakken K112 LH14 2002–03 29 November 2002 Kuusamo Rukatunturi K120 LH15 1 January 2003 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K115 LH

In popular culture Three sports documentary films have been made about his life and career. The first is called Vleci, Primož and was directed by Beno Hvala in 1997, detailing the story of Peterka's early career. The second, Peterka: leto odločitve , was directed by Vlado Škafar in 2003 and focuses on Peterka's personal crisis and his struggle to find his way back to the top. The third was made in 2011 by RTV Slovenija, called Skoki so moje življenje , directed by Tomaž Kovšca and starring Aleš Potočnik and Polona Bertoncelj.