Sport - Slovenia‘s Olympic Gold Medals - Janja Garnbret, Andreja Leski

Janja Garnbret – demonstrating in the French capital once again that there is no match for her in climbing
At previous Olympic Games Janja brushed off the competition, expanding her haul of trophies with a gold Olympic medal. At the Paris games she was the absolute favourite, and in front of a packed crowd at Le Bourget she did not disappoint. With performances that will long resonate in the international sporting world, she built on her achievement in Tokyo and became the first sports climber in history to defend the title of Olympic champion. Janja knew where she belonged – at the very summit of world climbing, as she also proved. The first lady of sports climbing did not hide her ambition, having announced three years ago that she was going to Paris with one sole objective, which she ultimately achieved.

Andreja Leški – queen of the Paris tatami mats maintains Slovenia’s judo dominance at the Olympic Games
Judo is the sport in which Slovenia has won the most Olympic medals in its independent sports history. The trail was blazed in 2004 at the Athens Olympics by Urška Žolnir winning bronze, followed by Lucija Polavder, Tina Trstenjak and Anamari Velenšek, and in Paris Andreja Leški got her name written in gold lettering. The 27 year- old from Koper overcame local girl Clarisse Agbegnenou in the French capital, silencing the packed arena and leaving the tatami with a gold medal. In this way she continued the 20-year tradition of Slovene Olympic distinction in judo. To her two bronze medals and one gold from the European championships and two silvers from the world championships she added an Olympic medal of the noblest lustre, along with the title reserved only for the best – Olympic champion.

Olympic Committee of Slovenia