# Ilka Štuhec

Ilka Štuhec (born 26 October 1990) is a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer, focusing on the speed events of downhill and super-G. She was a three-time junior world champion in three different disciplines, and was the world champion in downhill in 2017 and 2019.

## Career

At the 2007 World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships in Flachau, Austria, Štuhec won two gold medals in slalom and combined. The following year, she won another gold in downhill in Formigal, Spain. She made her World Cup debut in March 2007 at the age of 16 in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
Štuhec gained her first World Cup victories in December 2016, back-to-back wins in downhill at Lake Louise. She had consecutive wins two weeks later in Val d'Isère, France, and won her fifth event of the 2017 season in late January in Italy. At the 2017 World Championships in February, she won the gold medal in downhill, and clinched the World Cup season title in combined two weeks later. At the finals in mid-March she secured another title in downhill, and was the runner-up for the season in super-G and overall.
Štuhec was sidelined for the entire 2017–18 season, including the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, due to a left knee injury (ACL) in October 2017. She returned to the winner's circle with consecutive World Cup victories in Val Gardena in December 2018, and successfully defended her World Championships title in downhill in February 2019. Two weeks later, a crash at Crans-Montana injured the same knee (PCL); it was reported that she would recover without surgery.

## World Cup results
### Season titles

* 2 titles – (1 combined, 1 downhill)
| Season | Discipline |
| 2017 | Combined |
| 2017 | Downhill |

### Season standings

| Season | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2008 | 89 | — | — | — | 44 | 26 |
| 2012 | 81 | — | — | — | 27 | — |
| 2013 | 59 | — | — | 36 | 25 | 15 |
| 2014 | 44 | — | 47 | 17 | 28 | — |
| 2015 | 41 | — | — | 28 | 22 | — |
| 2016 | 33 | — | — | 12 | 25 | 29 |
| 2017 | 2 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | Injured in October, out for the season | Injured in October, out for the season | Injured in October, out for the season | Injured in October, out for the season | Injured in October, out for the season | Injured in October, out for the season |
| 2019 | 10 | — | 46 | 11 | 4 | — |
| 2020 | 32 | — | — | 28 | 15 | — |
| 2021 | 42 | — | — | 40 | 14 | — |
| 2022 | 53 | — | — | — | 21 | — |
| 2023 | 11 | — | — | 30 | 2 | — |
| 2024 | 29 | — | — | 26 | 8 | — |
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### Race victories

* 11 wins – (7 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
| 2017 | 2 December 2016 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill |
| 2017 | 3 December 2016 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill |
| 2017 | 16 December 2016 | Val d'Isère, France | Combined |
| 2017 | 17 December 2016 | Val d'Isère, France | Downhill |
| 2017 | 29 January 2017 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Super-G |
| 2017 | 25 February 2017 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Super-G |
| 2017 | 15 March 2017 | Aspen, United States | Downhill |
| 2019 | 18 December 2018 | Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill |
| 2019 | 19 December 2018 | Val Gardena, Italy | Super-G |
| 2023 | 21 January 2023 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill |
| 2023 | 15 March 2023 | Soldeu, Andorra | Downhill |

## World Championships results

| Year | Slalom | Giant  slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team  combined |
| 2013 | — | 32 | 6 | 19 | DNF2 | Not held |
| 2015 | — | 25 | 17 | 20 | 7 | Not held |
| 2017 | — | DNF2 | 11 | 1 | DNF2 | Not held |
| 2019 | — | — | 8 | 1 | 10 | Not held |
| 2021 | — | — | 25 | 14 | — | Not held |
| 2023 | — | — | 12 | 6 | DNS2 | Not held |
| 2025 | — | — | 22 | 11 | Not held | 9 |
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## Olympic Games results

| Year | Slalom | Giant  slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2014 | — | 31 | 13 | 10 | DNF2 |
| 2018 | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 2022 | — | — | — | 22 | — |
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