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March 14, 2026
Two-time World Champion Announced Retirement
Two-time downhill world champion, Ilka Štuhec, announced on Saturday at the Peca ski resort on the Austrian-Slovenian border that she is ending her career at the age of 35.
TL;DR
- Ilka Štuhec, a two-time downhill world champion, announced her retirement at 35.
- Her final competitions will be at the World Cup finale in Norway, participating in downhill and super-G.
- Her best season was 2016/17, where she won the World Championship in downhill, the Small Crystal Globe in downhill, and placed second overall in the World Cup.
- She defended her world champion title in Are in February 2019 after a previous injury.
- Štuhec achieved 11 World Cup victories: 7 in downhill, 3 in super-G, and 1 in combined.
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