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Place of Birth: Ljubljana, Ljubljana City Municipality, Slovenia
About Mateja Svet
- Mateja Svet (pronunciation ); born 16 August 1968) is a former Yugoslav alpine skier of Slovenian descent. Svet was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia.
- Making her first appearance in the 1983/1984 season, she won the first Yugoslav female skiing victory in February 1986. 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 at the age of 21 due to disagreements with the Ski Association of Yugoslavia — she achieved seven World cup victories, 22 World Cup podiums and 54 World Cup top tens.
- From 1985 until 1990 she qualified no lower than 7th in the overall World Cup standings.
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