Gloria Kotnik (born 1 June 1989) is a Slovenian snowboarder. She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she finished 27th in parallel giant slalom. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she finished 24th in parallel giant slalom. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the women's parallel giant slalom event. This was also her first podium in career as her best results in World Cup competition prior to the 2022 Olympics were three fourth places.
Winter Olympics results 1 medal – (1 bronze)
YearParallelgiant slalomParallelslalom 2010 Vancouver 27 — 2014 Sochi 24 23 2018 Pyeongchang 15 — 2022 Beijing 3 — 2026 Milano Cortina 17 —
Personal life Kotnik studied management at University of Primorska. In March 2020, she decided to take a break from competitive sport due to burnout and to focus on family. She gave birth to her son Maj in January 2021, and returned to competing in December 2021.
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Gloria Kotnik at Milano Cortina 2026