# Slovenia at the Olympics

Slovenia first participated as an independent nation at the Olympic Games at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and the country has sent athletes to compete at every Games since then. The Slovenian Olympic Committee was established in 1991 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 5 February 1992.
Slovenian athletes first competed at the Olympics in Stockholm, at the 1912 Summer Olympics, as part of the Austrian team. There, Rudolf Cvetko became the first Slovene to win an Olympic medal, a silver in the men's team sabre. Then, until Slovenia's independence, they competed as part of Yugoslavia. Before the Second World War, all of the Olympic medals for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were won by Slovene gymnasts (with the exception of Croatian Dragutin Ciotti who was a member of the bronze medal-winning men's gymnastics all-around team at the 1928 Summer Olympics). Leon Štukelj was the most prominent pre-war athlete, winning three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals, and he is still the most decorated Slovenian Olympian. Among post-war Olympians, Miroslav Cerar won two gold and one bronze medals, also in gymnastics. All of Yugoslavia's Winter Olympic medals (three silver and one bronze) were won by Slovenians with the first being the silver medal of Jure Franko in alpine skiing, won at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, when Yugoslavia hosted the Games.
Athletes representing Slovenia have won a total of 31 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 24 at the Winter Olympic Games. Slovenia's most successful Summer Olympics have been the 2020 Summer Olympics where they won three gold medals and five medals overall. The most successful winter games were the 2014 Winter Olympics, where Slovenian athletes won a record eight medals, including two gold. Tina Maze (alpine skiing), Peter Prevc (ski jumping), and Iztok Čop (rowing) are the most decorated post-independence Slovenian Olympians, with four medals each. The shooter Rajmond Debevec has competed at the Olympics eight times. He competed between 1984 and 2012, representing Yugoslavia for his first two appearances. Track and field athlete Merlene Ottey competed at the Olympics seven times between 1980 and 2004. In her first six appearances, she was representing Jamaica, for whom she won nine medals, the seventh time she represented Slovenia. Debevec is the oldest medallist and the oldest Slovenian participant at the Olympics, having won his last medal at the age of 49 in 2012. The youngest participant from Slovenia was Nastja Govejšek, a swimmer, who was 15 at the 2012 games. The youngest Olympic medallist for Slovenia has been alpine skier Alenka Dovžan, who was 18 years old when she competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Slovenian athletes have won medals in nine sports at the Summer and in five sports at the Winter Games. The most successful sport for Slovenia at the Summer Olympics is judo with seven medals (three gold) while the most successful sport at the Winter Olympics is alpine skiing with eight medals (two gold). In team sports, the men's national teams have participated four times in handball, twice in ice hockey, and once each in basketball and volleyball. With a population of just above 2 million, Slovenia often finds itself among countries with the highest medal-per-capita rankings.

## List of medalists
### Summer Olympics

| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
| Bronze | Iztok Čop Denis Žvegelj | 1992 Barcelona | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
| Bronze | Milan Janša Janez Klemenčič Sašo Mirjanič Sadik Mujkić | 1992 Barcelona | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
| Silver | Brigita Bukovec | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Women's 100 metre hurdles |
| Silver | Andraž Vehovar | 1996 Atlanta | Canoeing | Men's K-1 slalom |
| Gold | Iztok Čop Luka Špik | 2000 Sydney | Rowing | Men's double sculls |
| Gold | Rajmond Debevec | 2000 Sydney | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions |
| Silver | Iztok Čop Luka Špik | 2004 Athens | Rowing | Men's double sculls |
| Bronze | Jolanda Čeplak | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's 800 metres |
| Bronze | Urška Žolnir | 2004 Athens | Judo | Women's half-middleweight |
| Bronze | Vasilij Žbogar | 2004 Athens | Sailing | Men's Laser class |
| Gold | Primož Kozmus | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's hammer throw |
| Silver | Vasilij Žbogar | 2008 Beijing | Sailing | Men's Laser class |
| Silver | Sara Isaković | 2008 Beijing | Swimming | Women's 200 metre freestyle |
| Bronze | Lucija Polavder | 2008 Beijing | Judo | Women's half-heavyweight |
| Bronze | Rajmond Debevec | 2008 Beijing | Shooting | Men's 50 m rifle three positions |
| Gold | Urška Žolnir | 2012 London | Judo | Women's half-middleweight |
| Silver | Primož Kozmus | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's hammer throw |
| Bronze | Iztok Čop Luka Špik | 2012 London | Rowing | Men's double sculls |
| Bronze | Rajmond Debevec | 2012 London | Shooting | Men's 50 m rifle prone |
| Gold | Tina Trstenjak | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Judo | Women's half-middleweight |
| Silver | Peter Kauzer | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Canoeing | Men's slalom K-1 |
| Silver | Vasilij Žbogar | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Sailing | Men's Finn |
| Bronze | Anamari Velenšek | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Judo | Women's half-heavyweight |
| Gold | Benjamin Savšek | 2020 Tokyo | Canoeing | Men's slalom C-1 |
| Gold | Primož Roglič | 2020 Tokyo | Cycling | Men's road time trial |
| Gold | Janja Garnbret | 2020 Tokyo | Sport climbing | Women's combined |
| Silver | Tina Trstenjak | 2020 Tokyo | Judo | Women's half-middleweight |
| Bronze | Tadej Pogačar | 2020 Tokyo | Cycling | Men's road race |
| Gold | Andreja Leški | 2024 Paris | Judo | Women's half-middleweight |
| Gold | Janja Garnbret | 2024 Paris | Sport climbing | Women's combined |
| Silver | Toni Vodišek | 2024 Paris | Sailing | Men's Formula Kite |

### Winter Olympics

| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
| Bronze | Alenka Dovžan | 1994 Lillehammer | Alpine skiing | Women's combined |
| Bronze | Jure Košir | 1994 Lillehammer | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Bronze | Katja Koren | 1994 Lillehammer | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
| Bronze | Damjan Fras Robert Kranjec Primož Peterka Peter Žonta | 2002 Salt Lake City | Ski jumping | Men's team (K120) |
| Silver | Tina Maze | 2010 Vancouver | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G |
| Silver | Tina Maze | 2010 Vancouver | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
| Bronze | Petra Majdič | 2010 Vancouver | Cross-country skiing | Women's sprint |
| Gold | Tina Maze | 2014 Sochi | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
| Gold | Tina Maze | 2014 Sochi | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
| Silver | Peter Prevc | 2014 Sochi | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill individual |
| Silver | Žan Košir | 2014 Sochi | Snowboarding | Men's parallel slalom |
| Bronze | Vesna Fabjan | 2014 Sochi | Cross-country skiing | Women's sprint |
| Bronze | Teja Gregorin | 2014 Sochi | Biathlon | Women's pursuit |
| Bronze | Peter Prevc | 2014 Sochi | Ski jumping | Men's large hill individual |
| Bronze | Žan Košir | 2014 Sochi | Snowboarding | Men's parallel giant slalom |
| Silver | Jakov Fak | 2018 Pyeongchang | Biathlon | Men's individual |
| Bronze | Žan Košir | 2018 Pyeongchang | Snowboarding | Men's parallel giant slalom |
| Gold | Urša Bogataj | 2022 Beijing | Ski jumping | Women's normal hill individual |
| Gold | Nika Križnar Timi Zajc Urša Bogataj Peter Prevc | 2022 Beijing | Ski jumping | Mixed team |
| Silver | Tim Mastnak | 2022 Beijing | Snowboarding | Men's parallel giant slalom |
| Silver | Žan Kranjec | 2022 Beijing | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Silver | Lovro Kos Cene Prevc Timi Zajc Peter Prevc | 2022 Beijing | Ski jumping | Men's large hill team |
| Bronze | Nika Križnar | 2022 Beijing | Ski jumping | Women's normal hill individual |
| Bronze | Gloria Kotnik | 2022 Beijing | Snowboarding | Women's parallel giant slalom |

## Multiple medal winners

| Athlete | Sex | Sport | Years | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Tina Maze | F | Alpine skiing | 2010–2014 | Winter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Janja Garnbret | F | Sport climbing | 2020–2024 | Summer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Urša Bogataj | F | Ski jumping | 2022 | Winter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Prevc | M | Ski jumping | 2014–2022 | Winter | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Iztok Čop | M | Rowing | 1992–2012 | Summer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Luka Špik | M | Rowing | 2000–2012 | Summer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Primož Kozmus | M | Athletics | 2008–2012 | Summer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tina Trstenjak | F | Judo | 2016–2020 | Summer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Timi Zajc | M | Ski jumping | 2022 | Winter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rajmond Debevec | M | Shooting | 2000–2012 | Summer | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Nika Križnar | F | Ski jumping | 2022 | Winter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Urška Žolnir | F | Judo | 2004–2012 | Summer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Vasilij Žbogar | M | Sailing | 2004–2016 | Summer | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Žan Košir | M | Snowboarding | 2014–2018 | Winter | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
This list only contains Olympic medal winners for Slovenia as an independent country. Two medalists for Slovenia also won medals competing under different flags: Sadik Mujkić won a bronze at the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and Jakov Fak won a bronze at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Croatia.

## List of pre-independence Slovenian medalists

This list contains Olympic medals won by Slovenian athletes before Slovenia started to participate as an independent country in 1992. The list includes both athletes who won individual medals and athletes who won medals as part of the team. Rudolf Cvetko won a medal as a member of Austrian team. All other athletes won medals for Yugoslavia, which corresponded to Kingdom of Yugoslavia for the Games from 1920 to 1936 and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988. Stojna Vangelovska, a Macedonian basketball player who won silver with women's team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and Vinko Jelovac, a basketball player born in Croatia who won silver with men's team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, are sometimes included to lists of Slovenian medalists. Both spent important parts of their careers playing for Slovenian clubs. Vangelovska played at Ljubljana's ŽKD Ježica and Jelovac at Ljubljana's KK Olimpija. Jelovac was also twice chosen as Slovenian Sportsman of the Year in the 1970s. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, handball player Iztok Puc first played for the Croatian men's team, winning gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and later for Slovenian national team, thus becoming the only handball player to have represented three different teams at the Olympics.

### Summer Olympics

| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Rudolf Cvetko | 1912 Stockholm | Fencing | Men's team sabre |
| Gold | Leon Štukelj | 1924 Paris | Gymnastics | Men's individual all-around |
| Gold | Leon Štukelj | 1924 Paris | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar |
| Gold | Leon Štukelj | 1928 Amsterdam | Gymnastics | Men's rings |
| Silver | Josip Primožič | 1928 Amsterdam | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars |
| Bronze | Leon Štukelj | 1928 Amsterdam | Gymnastics | Men's individual all-around |
| Bronze | Stane Derganc | 1928 Amsterdam | Gymnastics | Men's vault |
| Bronze | Edvard Antosiewicz Stane Derganc Boris Gregorka Anton Malej Janez Porenta Josip Primožič Leon Štukelj | 1928 Amsterdam | Gymnastics | Men's team |
| Silver | Leon Štukelj | 1936 Berlin | Gymnastics | Men's rings |
| Gold | Miroslav Cerar | 1964 Tokyo | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse |
| Bronze | Miroslav Cerar | 1964 Tokyo | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar |
| Gold | Miroslav Cerar | 1968 Mexico City | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse |
| Silver | Ivo Daneu Aljoša Žorga | 1968 Mexico City | Basketball | Men's team |
| Gold | Alenka Cuderman | 1984 Los Angeles | Handball | Women's team |
| Gold | Rolando Pušnik | 1984 Los Angeles | Handball | Men's team |
| Bronze | Srečko Katanec Marko Elsner | 1984 Los Angeles | Football | Men's team |
| Silver | Polona Dornik | 1988 Seoul | Basketball | Women's team |
| Silver | Jure Zdovc | 1988 Seoul | Basketball | Men's team |
| Bronze | Sadik Mujkić Bojan Prešern | 1988 Seoul | Rowing | Men's coxlees pair |
| Bronze | Iztok Puc Rolando Pušnik | 1988 Seoul | Handball | Men's team |

### Winter Olympics

| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Jure Franko | 1984 Sarajevo | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Silver | Matjaž Debelak Miran Tepeš Primož Ulaga Matjaž Zupan | 1988 Calgary | Ski jumping | Team large hill |
| Silver | Mateja Svet | 1988 Calgary | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
| Bronze | Matjaž Debelak | 1988 Calgary | Ski jumping | Large hill individual |