Peter Prevc is one of Slovenia’s most successful athletes. At the end of the season, the ski jumper ended his extraordinary career.
The Slovenian ski jumper Peter Prevc is putting an end to his career at the end of the season. The world association Fis and the 31-year-old announced this on Tuesday. In a post on Instagram, the winner of the 2016 Four Hills Tournament thanked fans, coaches and his family, among others.
In addition to the tour victory, Prevc also secured individual gold at the Ski Flying World Championships in 2016 and victory in the overall World Cup. He won 23 of his 331 World Cup competitions. Prevc won a total of seven medals at the Nordic World Ski Championships and Winter Olympics, including Olympic gold in the mixed team and silver on the normal hill.
Prevc is the eldest ahead of four ski-jumping siblings. His 18-year-old sister Nika Prevc is currently leading the women’s ski jumping World Cup, brother Domen Prevc (24) became ski flying world champion at Kulm a few days ago together with Peter and the Slovenian team. Cene Prevc (27) ended his career two years ago.
Prevc is scheduled to make his last jump at the World Cup finals in Planica, Slovenia (March 21st to 24th). In his home country he was named athlete of the year four times from 2013 to 2016.