Domen Prevc
{{short description|Slovenian ski jumper (born 1999)}}
{{Infobox skier
| name = Domen Prevc
| image = Domen Prevc - Planici 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Prevc in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|6|4}}
| birth_place = Kranj, Slovenia
| height = 1.77 m{{cite web |title=Domen Prevc – Player Profile – Ski Jumping |url=https://www.eurosport.com/ski-jumping/domen-prevc_prs439541/person.shtml |publisher=Eurosport |access-date=30 March 2021}}
| club = SK Triglav Kranj
| personalbest = {{convert|254.5|m|abbr=on}} File:Sport records icon WR.svg
Planica, 30 March 2025
| seasons = 2016–present
| sftitles = 1 (2025)
| individual_starts = 206
| totalpodiums = 20
| wins = 9
| team_starts = 28
| teampodiums = 15
| teamwins = 3
| updated = 30 March 2025
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{SLO}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's ski jumping}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2025 Trondheim|Individual LH}}
{{MedalGold|2025 Trondheim|Team LH}}
{{MedalSilver|2025 Trondheim|Mixed team LH}}
{{MedalSport|Men's ski flying}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Vikersund|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Bad Mitterndorf|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Oberstdorf|Team}}
}}
Domen Prevc (born 4 June 1999) is a Slovenian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful Slovenian ski jumpers with two gold medals at the Nordic World Ski Championships and two gold medals at the Ski Flying World Championships. He also won the overall FIS Ski Flying World Cup title in the 2024–25 season.
Prevc is the current world record holder with {{convert|254.5|m}}, set in Planica on 30 March 2025.{{cite web |title=Fantastičen finale: Prevc do svetovnega rekorda, Lanišek do zmage |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/zimski-sporti/planica/fantasticen-finale-prevc-do-svetovnega-rekorda-lanisek-do-zmage/741043 |publisher=RTV Slovenija |access-date=30 March 2025 |language=sl |date=30 March 2025}}
Career
=2015: World Cup debut=
Prevc competed in the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. He made an individual World Cup debut on 22 November 2015 in Klingenthal with eighth place. He needed only four World Cup starts to reach his first podium on 19 December 2015 in Engelberg where he took second place.{{cite web|url=http://wtop.com/sports/2015/12/world-cup-leader-prevc-beats-16-year-old-brother-for-win/|title=World Cup leader Prevc beats 16-year-old brother for win|website=wtop.com|access-date=19 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081729/http://wtop.com/sports/2015/12/world-cup-leader-prevc-beats-16-year-old-brother-for-win/|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=dead}} At that event, Domen and Peter Prevc shared a podium as the first brothers in the World Cup history.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurosport.co.uk/ski-jumping/prevc-brothers-make-history-in-switzerland_sto5034529/story.shtml|title=Prevc brothers make history in Switzerland|publisher=Eurosport|access-date=20 December 2015}}
=2016: First win and yellow bib=
Prevc won his first World Cup individual event on 25 November 2016 at the 2016–17 season opening in Kuusamo/Ruka, and therefore wore yellow bib as the World Cup overall leader for the first time in his career.{{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/ski-jumping/news-multimedia/news/article=domen-prevc-trusted-myself.html|title=I trusted myself|publisher=International Ski Federation|access-date=26 November 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/ski-jumping/news-multimedia/news/article=only-his-brother-domen-and-fall-can-stop-peter-prevc.html|title=Only his brother Domen and a fall can stop Peter Prevc|publisher=International Ski Federation|access-date=25 November 2016|archive-date=26 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126153212/http://www.fis-ski.com/ski-jumping/news-multimedia/news/article=only-his-brother-domen-and-fall-can-stop-peter-prevc.html|url-status=dead}} Soon after that he won another three December World Cup individual events in Klingenthal, Lillehammer and Engelberg.{{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/ski-jumping/news-multimedia/news/article=domen-prevc-dominates-the-world-elite.html|title=Domen Prevc dominates the world's elite in Klingethal|publisher=International Ski Federation|access-date=4 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/ski-jumping/news-multimedia/news/article=outstanding-performance-domen-prevc.html|title=Outstanding performance by Domen Prevc in Lillehammer|publisher=International Ski Federation|access-date=10 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/ski-jumping/news-multimedia/news/article=domen-prevc-jumps-his-next-victory.html|title=Domen Prevc jumps to his next win in Engelberg|publisher=International Ski Federation|access-date=18 December 2016}}
=2017: Ski flying debut=
File:2017-09-30 COC Klingenthal Domen Prevc.jpg
On 28 January 2017 in Willingen, together with his brothers Cene and Peter, he represented the Slovenian national team in the team event of the World Cup.
Despite his age, he competed for the first time in his career at the ski flying event in Oberstdorf on 3 February 2017. On 19 March 2017 in Vikersund, he improved his personal best jump to {{convert|243.5|m}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/zimski-sporti/video-wellinger-z-zadnjim-skokom-izgubil-norvesko-turnejo/417687|title=Video: Wellinger z zadnjim skokom izgubil norveško turnejo|publisher=RTV Slovenija|language=sl|author1=S. J.|author2=M. L.|date=19 March 2017|access-date=19 March 2017}}
Personal life
Prevc was born in Kranj to Božidar and Julijana Prevc; the family has since been living in the village of Dolenja Vas. He has two brothers and two sisters.{{cite news|url=https://ekipa.svet24.si/clanek/drugi-sporti/zimski-sporti/5697819d6097e/mama-petra-prevca-strah-me-je-a-ne-na-zaletiscu-nekje-drugje|title=Mama Petra Prevca: Strah me je! A ne na zaletišču, nekje drugje |website=Ekipa24 |access-date=12 February 2022|language=sl}}{{cite news|url=https://siol.net/sportal/zimski-sporti/najmlajsi-od-bratov-prevc-o-skokih-se-doma-redko-pogovarjamo-78413 |title=Najmlajši od bratov Prevc: O skokih se doma redko pogovarjamo |publisher=Siol|first=Peter|last=Kastelic |date=2 February 2015 |access-date=12 February 2022|language=sl}} Both his brothers, Peter and Cene, and one of his sisters, Nika, are also FIS Ski Jumping World Cup jumpers. His father, who owns a furniture business, is also an international ski jumping referee.{{cite news|url=https://siol.net/sportal/zimski-sporti/oce-petra-prevca-bo-v-oslu-pod-dodatnim-drobnogledom-404820 |title=Oče Petra Prevca bo v Oslu pod dodatnim drobnogledom |publisher=Siol |date=20 January 2016 |access-date=12 February 2022|language=sl|first=Jaka|last=Lopatič}}
World Cup
= Standings =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:86%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"| Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|Overall ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|4H|Four Hills Tournament}} ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|SF|Ski flying}} ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"| {{Abbr|RA|Raw Air}} |
| scope=row align=center|2015–16
| align=center|14 || align=center|17 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A |
|---|
| scope=row align=center|2016–17
| align=center|6 || align=center|9 || align=center|9 || align=center|24 |
| scope=row align=center|2017–18
| align=center|33 || align=center|37 || align=center|13 || align=center| 44 |
| scope=row align=center|2018–19
| align=center|13 || align=center| — || align=center|4 || align=center|18 |
| scope=row align=center|2019–20
| align=center|19 || align=center|7 || align=center|9 || align=center|38 |
| scope=row align=center|2020–21
| align=center|22 || align=center|29 || align=center|5 || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|2021–22
| align=center|44 || align=center| — || align=center|17 || align=center|44 |
| scope=row align=center|2022–23
| align=center|18 || align=center|29 || align=center|5 || align=center|18 |
| scope=row align=center|2023–24
| align=center|13 || align=center|31 || align=center|5 || align=center|10 |
| scope=row align=center|2024–25
| align=center|10 || align=center|21 || style="text-align:center"|{{gold1}} || style="text-align:center"|{{silver2}} |
=Individual wins=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:86%; line-height:15px; text-align:left; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;" |
| style="background:#efefef;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:10px;"| No. ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:30px;"| Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:105px;"| Date ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:115px;"| Location ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:200px;"| Hill ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:25px;"| Size |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|1
| align=center rowspan=4|2016–17 || align=right|25 November 2016 || {{flagicon|FIN}} Ruka || Rukatunturi HS142 || align=center|{{Abbr|LH|Large hill}} |
|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|2
| align=right|4 December 2016 || {{flagicon|GER}} Klingenthal || Vogtland Arena HS140 || align=center|LH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|3
| align=right|10 December 2016 || {{flagicon|NOR}} Lillehammer || Lysgårdsbakken HS138 || align=center|LH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|4
| align=right|18 December 2016 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Engelberg || Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 || align=center|LH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|5
| align=center|2018–19 || align=right|17 March 2019 || {{flagicon|NOR}} Vikersund || Vikersundbakken HS240 || align=center|{{Abbr|FH|Flying hill}} |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|6
| align=center|2023–24 || align=right|18 February 2024 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Sapporo || Ōkurayama HS137 || align=center|LH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|7
| align=center rowspan="3"|2024–25 || align=right|26 January 2025 || {{flagicon|GER}} Oberstdorf || Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235 || align=center|FH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|8
| align=right|16 March 2025 || {{flagicon|NOR}} Vikersund || Vikersundbakken HS240 || align=center|FH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|9
| align=right|28 March 2025 || {{flagicon|SLO}} Planica || Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 || align=center|FH |
=Individual starts=
| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="background:#fff; font-size:80%; line-height:13px; border:gray solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;"
|+ winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q); disqualified (DQ) |
| style="background:#ccc; text-align:center; color:white"
| style="background:#4180be;" width="65px" | Season | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 1 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 2 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 3 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 4 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 5 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 6 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 7 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 8 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 9 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 10 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 11 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 12 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 13 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 14 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 15 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 16 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 17 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 18 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 19 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 20 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 21 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 22 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 23 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 24 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 25 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 26 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 27 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 28 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 29 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 30 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 31 | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | 32 | style="background:#4180be;" width="30px" | Points |
| colspan=34| |
| align=center
| rowspan=2 width=66px|2015–16 ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! ! ! | rowspan=2 width=66px|486 |
| align=center
|8 |8 |12 | – | – |bgcolor=silver|2 |5 |27 |18 |23 |6 |38 |9 |bgcolor=silver|2 |10 |29 | – | – | – |29 |15 | – | – | – |26 |4 | – | – | – | | | |
| colspan=34| |
| align=center
| rowspan=2 width=66px|2016–17 ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! ! ! ! ! ! | rowspan=2 width=66px|963 |
| align=center
|bgcolor=gold|1 |13 |bgcolor=gold|1 |bgcolor=gold|1 |6 |bgcolor=silver|2 |bgcolor=gold|1 |26 |5 |25 |4 |5 |style="background:#CC9966;"|3 |9 |25 |5 |7 |50 |20 |17 |24 | – |24 |8 |20 |17 | | | | | | |
| colspan=34| |
| align=center
| rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|2017–18 ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! | rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|81 |
| align=center
| – | – | – | – | – |29 |28 | – |41 |44 |29 |11 |35 | – | – |49 | – | – | – | 4 | q | – | | | | | | | | | | |
| colspan=34| |
| align=center
| rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|2018–19 ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! ! ! ! | rowspan=2 width=66px|542 |
| align=center
| – | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 18 | q | q | – | – | – | – | 23 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 16 | – | 39 | 32 | 6 | 7 | q |bgcolor=gold|1 |5 |bgcolor=silver|2 | | | | |
| colspan=34| |
| align=center
| rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|2019–20 ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! ! ! ! ! | rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|361 |
| align=center
| 23 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 25 | 5 | – | – | 27 | 26 | 50 | 37 | | | | | |
| colspan=34| |
| align=center
| rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|2020–21 ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! ! ! ! ! ! ! | rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|241 |
| align=center
| – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 17 | 12 | 37 | 30 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 8 | 30 | – | – | 22 | 30 | 17 | 16 | – | 8 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| colspan=34| |
| align=center
| rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|2021–22 ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! ! ! ! | rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|60 |
| align=center
| q | q | – | – | DQ | 42 | q | q | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 7 | – | | | | |
| colspan=34| |
| align=center
| rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|2022–23 ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of United States.svg ! File:Flag of United States.svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg | rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|449 |
| align=center
|48 |18 |23 |29 |q |34 |16 |21 |39 |29 |24 |39 |35 |40 |35 |4 |style="background:#CC9966;"|3 |12 |24 |6 |6 |35 |– |23 |31 |21 |48 |7 |5 |39 |11 |4 |
| colspan=34| |
| align=center
| rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|2023–24 ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of United States.svg ! File:Flag of United States.svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg | rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|663 |
| align=center
| 17 | 16 | q | 27 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 22 | q | 23 | 31 | – | 31 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 19 | bgcolor=gold|1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 39 | style="background:#CC9966;"|3 | 5 | 17 | bgcolor=silver|2 |
| colspan=34| |
| align=center
| rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|2024–25 ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg ! File:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of United States.svg ! File:Flag of United States.svg ! File:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! File:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg ! ! ! | rowspan="2" style="width:66px;"|776 |
| align=center
| q | q | 15 | 46 | q | DQ | 44 | 22 | 38 | 46 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 19 | 23 |style="background:#CC9966;"|3 | bgcolor=gold|1 | 31 | 13 | 14 | 8 |style="background:#CC9966;"|3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | bgcolor=gold|1 | 28 | bgcolor=gold|1 | bgcolor=silver|2 | | | |
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