Last Prevc flight in Planica
Ski jumping superstar announces surprising end to career
February 6, 2024, 8:47 p.m
Peter Prevc not only comes from a ski jumping family, but is also one of the most successful athletes in Slovenia. At the end of the season, the 31-year-old will end his extraordinary career. He chose a special place for this.
The Slovenian ski jumper Peter Prevc will end his career at the end of the season. The 31-year-old announced this at a press conference. In a post on Instagram, the winner of the 2016 Four Hills Tournament thanked fans, coaches and his family, among others.
“Planica is a place where great things happen. I invited you to let you know that this will be my last season as a professional athlete. I have taken time to reflect and think that I have made a wise decision. On In the end, the heart says the right thing,” the 31-year-old is quoted as saying by the Slovenian platform “siol.net”.
In addition to the tour victory, Prevc also secured individual gold at the Ski Flying World Championships in 2016 and victory in the overall World Cup. He won 23 of his 331 World Cup competitions. Prevc won a total of seven medals at the Nordic World Ski Championships and Winter Olympics, including Olympic gold in the mixed team and silver on the normal hill.
Prevc is the eldest ahead of four ski-jumping siblings. His 18-year-old sister Nika Prevc is currently leading the women’s ski jumping World Cup, his 24-year-old brother Domen Prevc became ski flying world champion at Kulm a few days ago together with Peter and the Slovenian team. The 27-year-old Cene Prevc ended his career two years ago.
Prevc is scheduled to make his last jump at the World Cup finals in Planica, Slovenia (March 21st to 24th). In his home country he was named athlete of the year four times from 2013 to 2016. “I don’t know what I’ll do next, there are many possibilities, but we’ll talk about it in 47 days,” he said, recounting a two-year struggle to end his career. “After the Olympic Games, I started thinking about when the right time would be, how much my body and my heart could still do, whether I could still fully commit to the sport.”