Slovenia Ice Hockey Winter Olympics

Slovenia s most productive campaign at the winter games was in 2014 where the nation won eight medals 2 gold 2 silver and 4 bronze.

Slovenia ice hockey winter olympics. There rudolf cvetko became the first slovene. Slovenia claimed a first ever win over the united states in international ice hockey with a 3 2 overtime victory at the winter olympics. As a member of yugoslavia slovenia had been a member of the international ice hockey federation iihf since 1939 and participated in several world championships and five winter olympics. Jan mursak struck the winner just 38 seconds into overtime.

Despite leading the game 2 0 before the third period the. Slovenia competed at the 2018 winter olympics in pyeongchang south korea from 9 to 25 february 2018. Slovenia s ice hockey team has already booked a slot for the event at the upcoming 2018 winter olympics. The slovenian olympic committee was established in 1991 and was recognised by the international olympic committee on 5 february 1992.

A men s and women s tournament six teams per gender alongside a mixed 3x3 tournament for each gender. Slovenia first participated as an independent nation at the olympic games at the 1992 winter olympics in albertville france and the country has sent athletes to compete at every games since then. 3 slovenian athletes won two olympic medals. Slovenia ice hockey player ziga jeglic is the third anti doping case of pyeongchang 2018 slovenia ice hockey player ziga jeglic has accepted an anti doping rule violation and been suspended from.

Ice hockey at the 2020 winter youth olympics. 71 athletes competed in 9 sports including the men s national ice hockey team. Slovenian athletes first competed at the olympics in stockholm at the 1912 summer olympics as part of the austrian team. Biathlete jakov fak won silver in men s individual while snowboarder žan košir won bronze in men s parallel giant slalom his third olympic medal in total.