Ilka Štuhec (born 26 October 1990) is a Slovenian former alpine ski racer who competed in downhill and super-G events of the Alpine Ski World Cup. 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.
Štuhec retired from competitive skiing after the 2025–26 season.
World Cup results Season titles 2 titles – (1 combined, 1 downhill) Season Discipline2017 Combined Downhill
Season standings Season Overall Slalom Giantslalom 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 2019 10 — 46 11 4 — 2020 32 — — 28 15 — 2021 42 — — 40 14 rowspan="6" 2022 53— —— 21 2023 11— —302 2024 29— —26 8 2025 42— —24 12 2026 32— —22 15
Race victories 11 wins – (7 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC) Season Date Location Discipline 2017 2 December 2016 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3 December 2016 Downhill 16 December 2016 Val d'Isère, France Combined 17 December 2016 Downhill 29 January 2017 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 25 February 2017 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Super-G 15 March 2017 Aspen, United States Downhill 2019 18 December 2018 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 19 December 2018 Super-G 202321 January 2023 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 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 2017 — DNF2 11 1 DNF2 2019 — — 8 1 10 2021 — — 25 14 — 2023 — — 12 6 DNS2 2025 — — 22 11 Not held 9
Winter Olympic Games results Year Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined Team combined 2014 — 31 13 10 DNF2 Not held 2022 — — — 22 — 2026 — — DNF 15 Not held DNF
References
External links
Ilka Stuhec at Milano Cortina 2026