Slovenia, which today also broke the record for medals won at the Olympic Games with yet another gold medal by Tina Maze, is also ahead of all countries participating in this year's Winter Olympics in terms of the number of medals won in relation to the country's gross domestic product (GDP). The other athletes also achieve historic results and delight the Slovenians every day, who enthusiastically cheer for each and every one of them in front of the television screens.
Slovenia thus boasting 13.2 medals per $100 billion of GDP, the value used for comparison by The Atlantic. With the last medal, we increased our advantage over the second place Latvia, which boasts 10.6 medals per 100 billion GDP with three awards.
In terms of the number of medals per inhabitant, Slovenia also ranks second, as we received one medal per 343,000 inhabitants. There is only more to come Norway with one medal per approximately 295,000 population, while the aforementioned Latvia received one medal per 675,000 inhabitants. For comparison, let's mention the world's superpowers. V Russia, which otherwise boasts 19 medals, more than 7.6 million people share one medal, Americans and each of the 19 medals won was distributed among the 16.5 million inhabitants.
But we must not forget the top rankings of all the athletes. Hockey players with today's victory over Austria, they qualified for the quarter-finals and, regardless of the outcome, will achieve a historic result, at least eighth place. Peter Prevc he also pleased us with silver and bronze, Teja Gregorin and Vesna Fabjan and they also won a bronze each.
Even otherwise, the Slovenian heroes and heroines achieved exceptional results in Sochi, as up to this moment we achieved as many as 18 placings in the top 10. At the same time, it is worth emphasizing that the Slovenian national team achieved 54 final placings. This means that the ranking in the top 10 is as much as a third. There will still be plenty of opportunities for top results until the end of the Olympic Games! Slovenian achievements to date are listed below.
1st place:
Tina Maze, alpine skiing, downhill
Tina Maze, alpine skiing, giant slalom
2nd place:
Peter Prevc, ski jumping, medium ski jump
3rd place:
Vesna Fabjan, cross-country skiing, sprint freestyle
Teja Gregorin, biathlon, pursuit race
Peter Prevc, ski jumping, large ski jump
4th place:
Tina Maze, alpine skiing, super combined
Jakov Fak, biathlon, group start, 15 km
5th place:
Teja Gregorin, biathlon, group start
Peter Prevc, Robert Kranjec, Jernej Damjan and Jurij Tepes, group jumps
Tina Maze, alpine skiing, super giant slalom
6th place:
Maja Vtic, ski jumping, medium ski jump
8th place:
Team Kevin Ravnjak, snowboarding, snow chute
9th place:
Jernej Damjan, ski jumping, medium ski jump
Katja Visnar, cross-country skiing, sprint freestyle
10th place:
Jakov Fak, biathlon, sprint, 10 km
Maruša Ferk, alpine skiing, super combined
Ilka Štuhec, alpine skiing, downhill
11th place:
Katja Požun, ski jumping, medium ski jump
Teja Gregorin, biathlon, individual, 15 km
13th place:
Ilka Štuhec, alpine skiing, super giant slalom
15th place:
Teja Gregorin, biathlon, sprint, 7.5 km
16th place:
Maruša Ferk, alpine skiing, super giant slalom
17th place:
Alenka Čebašek, cross-country skiing, sprint freestyle
Jernej Damjan, ski jumping, large ski jump
18th place:
Maruša Ferk, alpine skiing, downhill
19th place:
Barbara Jezeršek, cross-country skiing, double pursuit 7.5 km + 7.5 km
20th place:
Jurij Tepes, ski jumping, large ski jump
Katrina Lavtar, alpine skiing, giant slalom
21st place:
Marjan Jelenko, medium ski jump + 10 km run
24th place:
Klemen Kosi, alpine skiing, downhill
Klemen Bauer, biathlon, pursuit, 12.5 km
25th place:
Spela Rogelj, ski jumping, medium ski jump
26th place:
Klemen Bauer, biathlon, sprint, 10 km
Jurij Tepes, ski jumping, medium ski jump
27th place:
Nika Razinger, cross-country skiing, sprint freestyle
Eva Logar, ski jumping, medium ski jump
29th place:
Jan Kralj, snowboarding, snow chute
Klemen Kosi, alpine skiing, super giant slalom
31st place:
Jakov Fak, biathlon, pursuit, 12.5 km
Ilka Štuhec, alpine skiing, giant slalom
32nd place:
Jakov Fak, biathlon, individual, 20 km
34th place:
Gasper Berlot, medium ski jump + 10 km run
37th place:
Mitja Oranič, medium ski jump + 10 km run
Robert Kranjec, ski jumping, large ski jump
41st place:
Barbara Jezeršek, cross-country skiing, 10 km classic
49th place:
Janez Marič, biathlon, pursuit, 12.5 km
51st place:
Janez Marič, biathlon, sprint, 10 km
52nd place:
Klemen Bauer, biathlon, individual, 20 km
54th place:
Katja Visnar, cross-country skiing, 10 km classic
60th place:
Nika Razigner, cross-country skiing, 10 km classic
63rd place:
Janez Marič, biathlon, individual, 20 km
72nd place:
Peter Dokl, biathlon, sprint, 10 km
74th place:
Peter Dokl, biathlon, individual, 20 km
