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04.01.2009 & 06.01.2009
Sljeme, Zagreb

Men’s and women’s World Cup slalom at Zagreb’s Sljeme will take place at beginning of January 2009. Snow Queen (Snježna kraljica) is a women’s slalom race of the Alpine skiing World Cup, the event attracts approximately 15,000 to 20,000 spectators,and the total prize money fund which is given on Snow Queen is the biggest in women races which is making it the largest women’s race in the world cup.

Originally the race was named “Golden Beer”, but to honor Janica Kostelić sport victories (she was the World Cup overall champion in 2001, 2003, 2006, and is considered to be one of the greatest female skiers of all time!) the race changed it’s name to the “Snow Queen”.
The organizer of the race is Croatian Ski Association, technical information about the race course are:

Course name: Crveni spust
Start: 995 m
Finish: 785 m
Vertical drop: 210 m
FIS homologation No.: 7669/12/04

Total prize money fund for the FIS World Cup “Vip Snow Queen Trophy” 2009 is 165.000 € for the ladie’s race (04.01.) and 165.000 € for the men’s race.

1st place    60.000 €
2nd place   30.000 €
3rd place    15.000 €
4th place     8.000 €

Snow Queens:

Year    Winner
2005   Tanja Poutiainen
2006   Marlies Schild
2007   Marlies Schild
2008   Tanja Poutiainen

Official site: Vip Snow Queen Trophy