Artefacts

Salt Lake City 2002, ski equipement of Janica KOSTELIC (CRO), multiple medallist in alpine skiing.

Physical description

The equipement is composed by shoes (94259), skis (94260), a suit (98983) size L and a bib number (98984).

Created

Created: Mizuno Corporation Created: Salomon

Used

Used: Janica KOSTELIC

Materials

synthetic material, textile, metal

Colors

black and white, red, multi coloured

Literature

The Treasures of the Olympic Winter Games / texts by Martha Macintosh. London: Carlton Books, 2009.

Type of item

-> Sport equipment

Reference number

202273

Ensemble

Keywords

Olympic champion silver medallist Salt Lake City 2002, Olympic Winter Games Croatia Alpine Skiing/Alpine combined[W]Alpine Skiing/Giant slalom[W]Alpine Skiing/Slalom[W]Alpine Skiing/Super-G[W]signed

Notes

At the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games, Janica Kostelic performed brilliantly. Firstly, she won the combined event convincingly by almost 1.5 seconds. Next, in a very close contest, she finished with silver in the super-G. Three days later, she won the slalom. Finally, she led both runs of the giant slalom to earn her third gold medal and her fourth medal in total. This achievement was a result of many years of painstaking training undertaken already at her tender age by her coach and father Ante Kostelic and the whole family. Her elder brother Ivica was also part of the Croation delegation in Salt Lake City.