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Franci Petek
CountrySocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (1989-91)
Slovenia Slovenia (1991-95)
Born (1971-06-15) 15 June 1971 (age 52)
Jesenice, SR Slovenia,
Yugoslavia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Personal best178 m (584 ft)
World Cup career
Seasons1990–1995
Starts90*
Podiums5
Wins1
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Val di Fiemme Individual LH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Franci Petek (born 15 June 1971) is a Slovenian former ski jumper and geographer who represented Yugoslavia during his ski jumping career.

Career

At the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Petek won a gold medal for Yugoslavia in the individual large hill. Petek's best finish at the Winter Olympics was 6th in the team large hill competition and 8th in the individual large hill at Albertville in 1992. He also finished 22nd in the 1990 Ski Flying World Championships and his only other victory was in an individual large hill competition at Engelberg, Switzerland in 1990.

He married Polona Kamenšek in 2000 and they have three children. Professionally he works as geographer and together with Petra Majdič he is the co-ambassador of Planica.

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF
1989/90 21 21 N/A
1990/91 11 17 11
1991/92 13 4 —
1992/93 21 13 —
1993/94 46 46 —
1994/95 20 15 —

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1989/90 11 February 1990   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 LH

References

Olympic Games Preceded byFirst Flagbearer for Slovenia Albertville 1992 Succeeded byJure Košir
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