Biography

Born on 2.5.1983 in Slovenj Gradec. She moved from Prevalje to her current address in Črna na Koroškem when she was one. She learned how to ski with three years in her home town and surrounding hills and slopes.

In primary school, in addition to skiing, she also trained volleyball and studied piano. After primary school she attended gymnasia high school in Ravne na Koroškem and was simultaneously accepted in women B ski team. That was the first time she raced in FIS races. In just two days she achieved 2. nd and 1. st place. From position numbers 121 and 125.

A lot of nice memories are bounding her to those times, but also some hard ones. That was the time (year 2000) when she started to race in the World Cup. She was showing great potential, especially in giant slalom, but she never came on the level of her childhood sport friend Janica Kostelič.

Many team changes almost convinced her to finish her skiing career. But there came out brilliant idea. In year 2008, she and Andrea Massi (coach) established private team, called Team to aMAZE. They took different road.

Decision turned out to be right and brought great success. Since then she never turned back home without a medal on World championships or Olympic games.