Žan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia, and primarily competes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kranjec won a silver medal in the giant slalom.
Career Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018, he gained his first World Cup win in Saalbach, Through December 2023, Kranjec has two World Cup wins and thirteen podiums.
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kranjec was eighth after the first run of the giant slalom, then was the fastest in the second run to win the silver medal, runner-up to Marco Odermatt.
World Cup results
Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedParallel 2014 21 129 — 46 — — — rowspan=6 2015 22 121 — 37 — — — 2016 23 79 — 26 — — — 2017 24 49 61 14 — — — 2018 25 33 — 6 — — — 2019 26 22 34 4 — — — 2020 27 16 48 4 — — — 10 2021 28 32 — 7 — — rowspan=6 25 2022 29 37 48 11 — — 10 2023 30 11 — 3 — — rowspan=4 2024 31 19 — 5 — — 2025 32 31 — 8 — — 2026 33 46 — 15 — —
Race podiums 2 wins – (2 GS) 15 podiums – (15 GS), 53 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place201817 December 2017 Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom 3rd201919 December 2018 Saalbach, Austria Giant slalom 1st16 March 2019 Soldeu, Andorra Giant slalom 3rd202027 October 2019 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 3rd22 December 2019 Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom 3rd11 January 2020 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom 1st20215 December 2020 Santa Caterina, Italy Giant slalom 2nd202224 Octember 2021 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 3rd202323 October 2022 Giant slalom 2nd10 December 2022 Val d'Isère, France Giant slalom 3rd19 December 2022 Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom 3rd202417 December 2023 Giant slalom 3rd18 December 2023 Giant slalom 3rd23 January 2024 Schladming, Austria Giant slalom 3rd20258 December 2024 Beaver Creek, United States Giant slalom 3rd
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedTeamcombinedParallelTeam event 2013 20 — 22 — — — rowspan="6" rowspan="4" rowspan="2" 2015 22 32 DNF1 — — — 2017 24 DNS2 DNF1 — — — —201926175———— 2021 28 — 6 — — — 10 — 2023 30 DNF1 6 — — — 4 — 2025 32 — 11 — — — —
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedTeamcombinedTeam event 2014 21 DNF1 23 — — — rowspan=3 2018 25 — 4 — — — 9 2022 29 — 2 — — — 7 2026 33 — 12 — — —
References
External links
Zan Kranjec at Milano Cortina 2026