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Snow Queen Trophy
International alpine skiing event in Croatia
International alpine skiing event in Croatia
| Sljeme | Slalom | |
|---|---|---|
| [[File:Logo Snow Queen Trophy.jpg | 160px]]Snow Queen Trophy official logo.-- | |
| Place: | Zagreb, Croatia | |
| Mountain: | Medvednica (Sljeme) | |
| Start: | 978 m (AA) | |
| Finish: | 768 m | |
| Vertical: | 210 m |
|Croatia Snow Queen () is a World Cup alpine ski race held in the hills of Zagreb, Croatia. The men's and women's slalom races take place on the Medvednica mountaintop Sljeme, just north of Zagreb, usually in early January. The women's race debuted in 2005 and the men's event was added three years later in 2008. The events are held on the red run ski track (Crveni spust) on Medvednica, starting at an elevation of 985 m and ending at 785 m. Besides the city events in Moscow and Munich, it is the only World Cup event held near a large metropolitan area.
Its current prize fund of €120,000 is one of the largest on the World Cup circuit, with a winner's share of €46,000. The race has been known to attract up to 25,000 spectators, making it one of the largest and the most visited races on the World Cup calendar. The trophy is a crystal crown with past winners' names imprinted on it. At the award ceremony, the winner is presented with a cloak and sits on a throne like a queen (king).
History
The race was originally called "Golden Bear" (), but from the 2006 event the name was changed in honor of Janica Kostelić, whose victories in the sport helped popularise skiing in Croatia and also paved the way for the race to be included in the premier competition for alpine skiing. Croatian skiers never finished better than second in the event. In the women's race, Janica Kostelić finished third in 2006, while Ana Jelušić finished second the following year. In the men's race Ivica Kostelić has four podium finishes, three second places and one third place. The all-time leader at Zagreb in women's event is Mikaela Shiffrin, with five wins and seven podium finishes. Marcel Hirscher has won five races in the men's event.
In 2013, Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest winner at the age of 17 years, 9 months, and 23 days. In 2014, the race was cancelled due to lack of snow. Shiffrin, reigning Olympic champion in slalom, defended her crown in 2015. The following year, both races were again cancelled due to lack of snow.
Results
Podium finishers in the slalom races.
Men's race
| Season | Race date | Winner | Second | Third | AUT Mario Matt | FRA Jean-Baptiste Grange | ITA Giuliano Razzoli | SWE André Myhrer | AUT Marcel Hirscher | AUT Marcel Hirscher (2) | AUT Marcel Hirscher (3) | ITA Manfred Mölgg | AUT Marcel Hirscher (4) | AUT Marcel Hirscher (5) | FRA Clément Noël | GER Linus Straßer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 17 February 2008 | CRO Ivica Kostelić | AUT Reinfried Herbst | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | 6 January 2009 | CRO Ivica Kostelić | ITA Giuliano Razzoli | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | 6 January 2010 | ITA Manfred Mölgg | FRA Julien Lizeroux | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | 6 January 2011 | CRO Ivica Kostelić | SWE Mattias Hargin | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | 5 January 2012 | DEU Felix Neureuther | CRO Ivica Kostelić | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | 6 January 2013 | SWE André Myhrer | AUT Mario Matt | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | 6 January 2014 | Cancelled due to lack of snow | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 6 January 2015 | GER Felix Neureuther | NOR Sebastian Foss Solevåg | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | 6 January 2016 | Cancelled due to lack of snow | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 5 January 2017 | GER Felix Neureuther | NOR Henrik Kristoffersen | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | 4 January 2018 | AUT Michael Matt | NOR Henrik Kristoffersen | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | 6 January 2019 | FRA Alexis Pinturault | AUT Manuel Feller | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | 5 January 2020 | SUI Ramon Zenhäusern | ITA Alex Vinatzer | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | 6 January 2021 | AUT Manuel Feller | AUT Marco Schwarz | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | 6 January 2022 | Cancelled in first run due to bad weather conditions | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Not included in schedule | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 |
Women's race
| Season | Race date | Winner | Second | Third | FIN Tanja Poutiainen | AUT Marlies Schild | AUT Marlies Schild (2) | FIN Tanja Poutiainen (2) | GER Maria Riesch | FRA Sandrine Aubert | AUT Marlies Schild (3) | AUT Marlies Schild (4) | USA Mikaela Shiffrin | USA Mikaela Shiffrin (2) | SVK Veronika Velez-Zuzulová | USA Mikaela Shiffrin (3) | USA Mikaela Shiffrin (4) | SVK Petra Vlhová | SVK Petra Vlhová (2) | SVK Petra Vlhová (3) | USA Mikaela Shiffrin (5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 20 January 2005 | USA Kristina Koznick | AUT Marlies Schild | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 5 January 2006 | AUT Kathrin Zettel | CRO Janica Kostelić | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 4 January 2007 | CRO Ana Jelušić | CZE Šárka Záhrobská | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | 15 February 2008 | AUT Marlies Schild | SVK Veronika Zuzulová | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 4 January 2009 | ITA Nicole Gius | CZE Šárka Záhrobská | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 3 January 2010 | AUT Kathrin Zettel | GER Susanne Riesch | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 4 January 2011 | GER Maria Riesch | ITA Manuela Mölgg | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 3 January 2012 | SLO Tina Maze | AUT Michaela Kirchgasser | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 4 January 2013 | SWE Frida Hansdotter | CAN Erin Mielzynski | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 4 January 2014 | Cancelled due to lack of snow | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 4 January 2015 | AUT Kathrin Zettel | NOR Nina Løseth | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 5 January 2016 | Cancelled due to lack of snow | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 3 January 2017 | SVK Petra Vlhová | CZE Šárka Strachová | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 3 January 2018 | SUI Wendy Holdener | SWE Frida Hansdotter | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 5 January 2019 | SVK Petra Vlhová | SUI Wendy Holdener | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 4 January 2020 | USA Mikaela Shiffrin | AUT Katharina Liensberger | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 3 January 2021 | AUT Katharina Liensberger | SUI Michelle Gisin | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 4 January 2022 | USA Mikaela Shiffrin | AUT Katharina Liensberger | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 4 January 2023 | SVK Petra Vlhová | SWE Anna Swenn-Larsson | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 January 2023 | Cancelled due to warm weather and wind | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Not included in schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 |
List of multiple podium finishers
| Rank | Name | Country | Sex | Seasons | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 2012– | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| M | 2008–2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| F | 2002–2014 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| F | 2013– | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| F | 1998–2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| F | 2001–2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| M | 2004–2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| M | 2004–2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| M | 2000–2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| M | 2007– | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| F | 2002–2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| M | 2001–2017 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| M | 2004–2019 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| F | 2005–2015 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| F | 2016– | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| M | 2013– | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| F | 2007–2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| F | 2011– | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| F | 2003–2017 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| M | 2013– | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
References
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