Petra Majdič
Petra Majdic competing in 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Petra Majdič |
| Born | 22 December 1979 |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Skiing |
| Club | ŠD Atrans Trojane |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons | 13 – (1999–2011) |
| Indiv. starts | 222 |
| Indiv. podiums | 49 |
| Indiv. wins | 24 |
| Team starts | 18 |
| Team podiums | 0 |
| Team wins | 0 |
| Overall titles | 0 – (2nd in 2009) |
| Discipline titles | 3 – (3 SP) |
Medal record | |
| Updated on 28 January 2018 | |
Petra Majdič (born 22 December 1979) is a Slovenian former cross-country skier. Her best results came in classic style races. She won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty in sprint races, but she also won a marathon (30 km race) in Trondheim in 2009. She is the first Slovenian cross-country skier to win a World Cup race, the first to get a medal at the World Championships and the first to get an Olympic medal. With 20 wins, Majdič is the second-most successful sprinter in FIS Cross-Country World Cup history and with 24 wins in total she's the fourth-most successful World Cup competitor of all time.