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Mateja Svet
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  Yugoslavia |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Alpine Skiing | |||
| Silver | 1988 Calgary | Giant slalom | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1989 Vail | Slalom | |
| Silver | 1987 Crans-Montana | Giant slalom | |
| Bronze | 1987 Crans-Montana | Slalom | |
| Bronze | 1987 Crans-Montana | Super-G | |
| Bronze | 1989 Vail | Giant slalom | |
Mateja Svet (born August 16, 1968 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian former alpine skier. Debuting in 1983/1984 season, she won the first Slovenian and Yugoslav female skiing victory in 1986.
Furthermore Svet won the World Cup giant slalom title in the 1987/1988 season, won silver medal in giant slalom in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, won three medals in 1987 World Championship in Crans-Montana (bronze in slalom and super G, silver in giant slalom) and two medals in 1989 World Championship in Vail - gold in slalom, later when the bronze Christelle Guignard was disqualified due to doping, also bronze in giant slalom. In her rather short career -- she quit by the age of 22 -- she got seven World cup victories, 22 World Cup podiums and 54 World Cup top tens. From 1985 till 1990 she qualified no lower than 7th in the overall World Cup standings.
| Date | Location | Race |
|---|---|---|
| February 8, 1986 |  Jasná |
Giant slalom |
| March 22, 1986 |  Bromont |
Giant slalom |
| January 30, 1988 | Kranjska Gora |
Giant slalom |
| January 31, 1988 | Kranjska Gora |
Slalom |
| March 3, 1988 |  Saalbach |
Giant slalom |
| January 20, 1990 |  Maribor |
Giant slalom |
| February 5, 1990 |  Veysonnaz |
Giant slalom |
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