28 Facts About Peter Prevc

Peter Prevc won the 2016 Ski Jumping World Cup overall title and four Olympic medals, including gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the mixed team event.

Peter Prevc won the 2016 Four Hills Tournament, 2016 Ski Flying World Championships, and three consecutive Ski Flying World Cup overall titles.

In 2015, in Planica, Peter Prevc became one of the few ski jumpers in history to achieve a "perfect jump", with all five judges awarding him the maximum style points of 20.

Peter Prevc was named Slovenian Sportsman of the Year for four consecutive years between 2013 and 2016.

Peter Prevc was born in Kranj to Bozidar and Julijana Peter Prevc; the family has since been living in the village of Dolenja Vas.

Peter Prevc has two brothers and two sisters and is the oldest of five children.

Peter Prevc's father owns a furniture business and is an international ski jumping referee.

Peter Prevc attended the first half of his elementary school education in Selca, the second half in Zelezniki, and gymnasium in Kranj.

At the age of nine, Peter Prevc started training in ski jumping at the Bregarca K25 hill, located in Dolenja Vas.

In January 2010, at the Junior World Championships, Peter Prevc won silver at the individual and bronze at the team event.

Together with Robert Kranjec, Primoz Pikl, and Mitja Meznar, Peter Prevc finished 8th in the team large hill event.

Peter Prevc finished the World Cup season in the 35th place in the overall standings.

In March 2011, Peter Prevc made his ski flying debut in Planica.

Peter Prevc jumped 225.5 meters in the one-series event but fell hard after the landing and injured his shoulder.

Peter Prevc needed surgery which meant he had to finish the season early and missed out the Ski Flying World Championships in Vikersund.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, Peter Prevc won a silver medal at the individual large hill event and a bronze medal at the individual normal hill event.

At the season's last two events in Planica, Peter Prevc reached his first two individual World Cup podiums, a second and a third place.

Peter Prevc finished the season 7th in the overall standings.

Peter Prevc won the season's ski flying title with second place at the same venue since there were only two scheduled ski flying events.

Peter Prevc went on to win in Sapporo, which brought him to the top of the World Cup overall standings for the first time in his career, where he remained for the next couple of events.

Peter Prevc won the last world cup event of the season in Planica, accumulating three wins and eleven podiums in total, which was his most successful season until then.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Peter Prevc won a silver medal at the normal hill event and a bronze medal at the large hill event.

At the 2015 World Championships, Peter Prevc finished fourth on the large hill, thirteenth on the normal hill, and sixth with the Slovenian team at the team event.

Peter Prevc won the highest number of points, victories, and podium finishes in a single season.

Peter Prevc was the best individual in the team event in Zakopane, where the Slovenian team finished third.

Peter Prevc's best result at the World Championships was a fourth place in the mixed event.

Peter Prevc collected five more top 10 World Cup finishes by the end of the season.

Peter Prevc finished 9th in the overall and 5th both in the sky flying and in the inaugural Raw Air standings.