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Janica Kostelic Biography
Janica Kostelić [ˈjanitsa ˈkɔstɛlitɕ] (born January 5, 1982) is a retired female skier from Croatia, considered one of the greatest female skiers of all time. She is the only woman to win four gold medals in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympic Games (in 2002 and 2006), and the only woman to win three alpine Olympic gold medals in one year (2002). She was World Cup champion in 2001, 2003 and 2006. On January 15, 2006 Kostelić became only the third woman in World Cup history (after Swede Pernilla Wiberg and Austrian Petra Kronberger) to win World Cup races in all of the sport's five disciplines. On February 5, 2006 Janica became the second female skier (after Petra Kronberger) to win all five disciplines in one season. She also collected record number of points in one season, 1970, 10 more than Swede Pernilla Wiberg. In season 2005/06, Janica won World Cup for the third time, but also was in Top 5 in all 4 disciplines, including number 1 in slalom.
Janica was awarded Laureus World Sportswoman of 2006.
She was born in Zagreb to a Winter sport family: her father Ante Kostelić is also her trainer and her older brother Ivica Kostelić is a renowned skier in his own right.
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