The Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame (Slovene: "Hram slavnih slovenskih športnikov") was founded in 2011 by the Society of Slovenian Sports Journalists (Društvo športnih novinarjev Slovenije)dolenjskilist.si and includes Slovenian athletes from different sport disciplines. At the Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year event in December 2011, they inducted the first two Slovenian athletes, Leon Štukelj and Miroslav Cerar.
The goal of the Society of Slovenian Sports Journalists was to bring recognition to Slovenian athletes. They aimed to keep all sports equipment belonging or otherwise connected to prominent athletes and archive various accounts of historic sport events.ljnovice.com
On 19 December 2012, twenty new inductees were introduced, and the Hall of Fame was opened in Stožice Arena. On 28 November 2013, the Hall of Fame inducted a new class of 28 new athletes. Three athletes were introduced in August 2015, two in August 2016 and December 2017 and three in January 2019.
Inductees Inductee Sport Year gymnastics 2011 fencing 2012 gymnastics motorcycling athletics ski jumping ice hockey basketball soccer cycling tennis Eights from 1964 OGBoris Klavora, Vekoslav Skalak, Jože Berc, Alojz Colja, Lucijan Kleva, Jadran Barut, Marko Mandić, Pavao Martić, Zdenko Balaš rowing nine-pin bowling cross-country skiing 2013 alpine skiing diving swimming alpine skiing association football and Mario Fafangel sailing gymnastics cycling table tennis ice hockey canoeing judo alpine skiing basketball cycling alpine skiing handball swimming ski jumping alpine skiing ski jumping canoeing swimming ski jumping alpine skiing association football 2015 alpine skiing basketball handball 2016 basketball 2017 association football alpine skiing 2019
See also Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year
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