# Snow Queen Trophy

Snow Queen (Croatian: Snježna kraljica) 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 (3,232 ft) and ending at 785 m (2,575 ft). 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" (Croatian: Zlatni medvjed), 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 |
| 2008 | 17 February 2008 | Mario Matt | Ivica Kostelić | Reinfried Herbst |
| 2009 | 6 January 2009 | Jean-Baptiste Grange | Ivica Kostelić | Giuliano Razzoli |
| 2010 | 6 January 2010 | Giuliano Razzoli | Manfred Mölgg | Julien Lizeroux |
| 2011 | 6 January 2011 | André Myhrer | Ivica Kostelić | Mattias Hargin |
| 2012 | 5 January 2012 | Marcel Hirscher | Felix Neureuther | Ivica Kostelić |
| 2013 | 6 January 2013 | Marcel Hirscher (2) | André Myhrer | Mario Matt |
| 2014 | 6 January 2014 | Cancelled due to lack of snow | Cancelled due to lack of snow | Cancelled due to lack of snow |
| 2015 | 6 January 2015 | Marcel Hirscher (3) | Felix Neureuther | Sebastian Foss Solevåg |
| 2016 | 6 January 2016 | Cancelled due to lack of snow | Cancelled due to lack of snow | Cancelled due to lack of snow |
| 2017 | 5 January 2017 | Manfred Mölgg | Felix Neureuther | Henrik Kristoffersen |
| 2018 | 4 January 2018 | Marcel Hirscher (4) | Michael Matt | Henrik Kristoffersen |
| 2019 | 6 January 2019 | Marcel Hirscher (5) | Alexis Pinturault | Manuel Feller |
| 2020 | 5 January 2020 | Clément Noël | Ramon Zenhäusern | Alex Vinatzer |
| 2021 | 6 January 2021 | Linus Straßer | Manuel Feller | Marco Schwarz |
| 2022 | 6 January 2022 | Cancelled in first run due to bad weather conditions | Cancelled in first run due to bad weather conditions | Cancelled in first run due to bad weather conditions |
| 2023 | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule |
| 2024 | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule |
| 2025 | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule |

### Women's race

| Season | Race date | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2005 | 20 January 2005 | Tanja Poutiainen | Kristina Koznick | Marlies Schild |
| 2006 | 5 January 2006 | Marlies Schild | Kathrin Zettel | Janica Kostelić |
| 2007 | 4 January 2007 | Marlies Schild (2) | Ana Jelušić | Šárka Záhrobská |
| 2008 | 15 February 2008 | Tanja Poutiainen (2) | Marlies Schild | Veronika Zuzulová |
| 2009 | 4 January 2009 | Maria Riesch | Nicole Gius | Šárka Záhrobská |
| 2010 | 3 January 2010 | Sandrine Aubert | Kathrin Zettel | Susanne Riesch |
| 2011 | 4 January 2011 | Marlies Schild (3) | Maria Riesch | Manuela Mölgg |
| 2012 | 3 January 2012 | Marlies Schild (4) | Tina Maze | Michaela Kirchgasser |
| 2013 | 4 January 2013 | Mikaela Shiffrin | Frida Hansdotter | Erin Mielzynski |
| 2014 | 4 January 2014 | Cancelled due to lack of snow | Cancelled due to lack of snow | Cancelled due to lack of snow |
| 2015 | 4 January 2015 | Mikaela Shiffrin (2) | Kathrin Zettel | Nina Løseth |
| 2016 | 5 January 2016 | Cancelled due to lack of snow | Cancelled due to lack of snow | Cancelled due to lack of snow |
| 2017 | 3 January 2017 | Veronika Velez-Zuzulová | Petra Vlhová | Šárka Strachová |
| 2018 | 3 January 2018 | Mikaela Shiffrin (3) | Wendy Holdener | Frida Hansdotter |
| 2019 | 5 January 2019 | Mikaela Shiffrin (4) | Petra Vlhová | Wendy Holdener |
| 2020 | 4 January 2020 | Petra Vlhová | Mikaela Shiffrin | Katharina Liensberger |
| 2021 | 3 January 2021 | Petra Vlhová (2) | Katharina Liensberger | Michelle Gisin |
| 2022 | 4 January 2022 | Petra Vlhová (3) | Mikaela Shiffrin | Katharina Liensberger |
| 2023 | 4 January 2023 | Mikaela Shiffrin (5) | Petra Vlhová | Anna Swenn-Larsson |
| 2023 | 5 January 2023 | Cancelled due to warm weather and wind | Cancelled due to warm weather and wind | Cancelled due to warm weather and wind |
| 2024 | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule |
| 2025 | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule | Not included in schedule |

## List of multiple podium finishers

| Rank | Name | Country | Sex | Seasons | | | | Total |
| 1 | Mikaela Shiffrin | United States | F | 2012– | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Marcel Hirscher | Austria | M | 2008–2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Marlies Schild | Austria | F | 2002–2014 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Petra Vlhová | Slovakia | F | 2013– | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Tanja Poutiainen | Finland | F | 1998–2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Maria Höfl-Riesch | Germany | F | 2001–2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Manfred Mölgg | Italy | M | 2004–2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | André Myhrer | Sweden | M | 2004–2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Mario Matt | Austria | M | 2000–2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Giuliano Razzoli | Italy | M | 2007– | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Veronika Velez-Zuzulová | Slovakia | F | 2002–2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Ivica Kostelić | Croatia | M | 2001–2017 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Felix Neureuther | Germany | M | 2004–2019 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Kathrin Zettel | Austria | F | 2005–2015 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Katharina Liensberger | Austria | F | 2016– | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Manuel Feller | Austria | M | 2013– | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Frida Hansdotter | Sweden | F | 2007–2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Wendy Holdener | Switzerland | F | 2011– | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Šárka Strachová | Czech Republic | F | 2003–2017 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Henrik Kristoffersen | Norway | M | 2013– | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |