Leona Popović (; born 13 November 1997) is a Croatian alpine ski racer. Previously, she competed in all winter disciplines, but now specialises in slalom. Her best World Cup finish is 2nd place in slalom.
Popović's first major competition was the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, where she competed in all disciplines at age seventeen; her best result was 27th in slalom. By her 22nd birthday, she had incurred three surgeries on her left leg. In 2015, she broke her tibia while training slalom, and two surgeries were required in 2018 to fix torn knee ligaments (ACL and MCL) sustained in a crash at the Olympics in the second run of the giant slalom.
World Cup results Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombined 2017 19 92 — — — — 23 2018 20 105 — 43 — — 33 2019 21 2020 22 117 48 — — — — 2021 23 87 36 — — — rowspan=6 2022 24 51 14 — — — 2023 25276——— 2024 265015——— 2025 279138——— 2026 2811549———
Race podiums 0 wins 2 podiums (2 SL); 13 top tens (13 SL) Season Date Location Discipline Place2023 18 Mar 2023 Soldeu, Andorra 2nd2024 12 Nov 2023 Levi, Finland Slalom 2nd
Results per discipline Discipline WC starts WC Top 30 WC Top 15 WC Top 5 WC Podium Best result Date Location PlaceSlalom 63 33 18 3 2 18 March 2023 and 12 Nov 2023 Soldeu, Andorra and Levi, Finland 2ndGiant slalom 25 1 0 0 0 27 January 2018 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 23rdSuper-G 3 0 0 0 0 9 December 2017 St. Moritz, Switzerland 53rdDownhill 0 0 0 0 0 Combined 4 3 0 0 0 26 February 2017 Crans-Montana, Switzerland 17thTotal 95 37 18 3 2
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedParallelTeam event 2015 17 27 37 30 36 DNF1 rowspan=2 — 2017 19 DNF1 DNF2 DNF — DNF2 9 2019 21 2021 23 21 25 — — — — — 2023 25 17 — — — — — — 2025 27
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedTeamcombinedTeam event 2018 20 — DNF1 — — — rowspan=2 — 2022 24 23 — — — — — 2026 28 DSQ2 — — — —
References
External links
Leona Popović at Milano Cortina 2026