Filip Flisar

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|disciplines = Ski cross

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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|9|28}}

|birth_place = Maribor, SR Slovenia,
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Filip Flisar (born 28 September 1987) is a retired Slovenian freestyle skier who competed in ski cross discipline.

Career

= Alpine skiing career =

Flisar started his career as an alpine skier in fast disciplines. He competed at two World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships and a couple of FIS Ski European Cup events, but had no notable success.

= 2008: Freestyle skiing career =

Flisar joined the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in 2008. His World Cup debut performance in the 2007–08 season was a ski cross competition on 6 March 2008 in Grindelwald, Switzerland where he did not receive any points. In the 2008–09 season he also competed in his first and also the only half-pipe World Cup event.

= 2010: First Olympics =

He represented Slovenia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he competed in ski cross and finished in eighth place.{{cite web |url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-freestyle-skiing/athletes/filip-flisar_ath201925bs.html |title=Filip Flisar, Freestyle Skiing |website=vancouver2010.com |access-date=21 February 2010 |archive-date=21 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221133958/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-freestyle-skiing/athletes/filip-flisar_ath201925bs.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fl/filip-flisar-1.html|title=Filip Flisar|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=12 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224111214/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fl/filip-flisar-1.html|archive-date=24 December 2013}} At the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in Deer Valley, where he competed in men's ski cross, he finished in eleventh place.

= 2012: Winter X Games medal =

In 2012, at the Winter X Games XVI in Aspen, he achieved second place in the ski cross event.

= 2012: Ski Cross title =

On 11 January 2012 in Alpe d'Huez he won his first World Cup victory. He won a total of three World Cup races in that season.{{cite web|url=https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=FS&competitorid=144008&type=result&category=WC&season=2012&sort=&discipline=ALL&position=&place=&Submit=Search&limit=50|website=fis-ski.com|access-date=6 March 2017|title=Filip Flisar – 2012 season}} In the 2011–12 season he won the discipline title in ski cross and was fifth in overall ranking.

= 2014: Olympics =

In Sochi At 2014 Winter Olympics he competed in men's ski cross where he reached the semi-finals. In the small final he placed second, behind Egor Korotkov and ahead of Armin Niederer and Florian Eigler, thus ranking overall sixth in the competition.{{cite web |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-filip-flisar |title=Filip Flisar |website=sochi2014.com |access-date=12 March 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312043402/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-filip-flisar |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/freestyle-skiing-men-s-ski-cross-finals |title=Men's Ski Cross Finals |website=sochi2014.com |access-date=12 March 2014 |archive-date=19 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319032448/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/freestyle-skiing-men-s-ski-cross-finals |url-status=dead }}

= 2015: Ski Cross World Champion =

On 25 January 2015 he produced a stunning performance in the final of FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015 ski cross and managed to climb from third to first place in the last few meters of the race. He won his and Slovenia's first ever gold medal at the World Championship in Freestyle skiing. He shared the podium with Jean-Frédéric Chapuis, defending World and Olympic Champion, who won the silver medal and Victor Öhling Norberg, who got bronze.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurosport.com/skiercross/flisar-and-limbacher-take-ski-cross-world-championship-gold_sto4572331/story.shtml |title=Flisar and Limbacher take ski cross World Championship gold |publisher=Eurosport |access-date=25 January 2015 }}

= 2016: Mountain bike racing career =

He achieved tenth place in men's four-cross at the 2016 World Championships in Val di Sole.

World Cup

= Standings =

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style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="background:#dcdcdc; width:45px;"\|Season ! scope="col" style="background:#dcdcdc; width:55px;"\|Overall ! scope="col" style="background:#dcdcdc; width:55px;"\|{{Abbr\|SX\|Ski Cross}} ! scope="col" style="background:#dcdcdc; width:55px;"\|{{Abbr\|HP\|Halfpipe}}
align=center ! scope=row\|2008/09 \| 167	50	45
align=center ! scope=row\|2009/10 \| 107	37	–
align=center ! scope=row\|2010/11 \| 45	13	–
align=center ! scope=row\|2011/12 \| 5	bgcolor=#D4AF37\|{{gold01}}	–
align=center ! scope=row\|2012/13 \| 24	6	–
align=center ! scope=row\|2013/14 \| 201	45	–
align=center ! scope=row\|2014/15 \| 59	19	–
align=center ! scope=row\|2015/16 \| 25	5	–
align=center ! scope=row\|2016/17 \| 22	4	–
align=center ! scope=row\|2017/18 \| 91	20	–
align=center ! scope=row\|2018/19 \| 77	18	–
align=center ! scope=row\|2019/20 \| 140	31	–

= Wins =

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style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="background:#ccc; width:15px;" \|No. ! scope="col" style="background:#ccc; width:50px;" \|Season ! scope="col" style="background:#ccc; width:135px;"\|Date ! scope="col" style="background:#ccc; width:180px;"\|Location ! scope="col" style="background:#ccc; width:30px;" \|Event
scope=row align=center\|1 \| rowspan=3 align=center\|2011/12 \|\| 11 January 2012 \|\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Alpe d'Huez \|\| align=center\|SX
scope=row align=center\|2 \| 26 February 2012 \|\| {{flagicon\|GER}} Bischofswiesen \|\| align=center\|SX
scope=row align=center\|3 \| 10 March 2012 \|\| {{flagicon\|SUI}} Grindelwald \|\| align=center\|SX
scope=row align=center\|4 \| align=center\|2012/13 \|\| 13 December 2012 \|\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Telluride \|\| align=center\|SX
scope=row align=center\|5 \| align=center\|2015/16 \|\| 13 February 2016 \|\| {{flagicon\|SWE}} Idre Fjall \|\| align=center\|SX
scope=row align=center\|6 \| align=center rowspan=2\|2016/17 \|\| 21 December 2016 \|\| rowspan="2"\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Innichen \|\| align=center\|SX
scope=row align=center\|7 \| 22 December 2016 \|\| align=center\|SX

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! scope="col" style="background:#ccc; width:50px;" |Season

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| rowspan=3 align=center|2011/12 || 11 January 2012 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Alpe d'Huez || align=center|SX

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| 26 February 2012 || {{flagicon|GER}} Bischofswiesen || align=center|SX

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