Press Release, Ski Sport Finland, Alpine Skiing
23.3.2010, release free
Janez Slivnik new head coach of Alpine Ski Team Finland
Slovanian Janez Slivnik has been named to the next head coach of men’s Alpine Ski Team Finland. Longtime men’s coach Austrian Christian Leitner doesn’t continue working anymore with Alpine Ski Team Finland.
Slivnik has worked with the Finnish ladies World Cup team for the past three years.
”Slivnik’s choice to the men’s team was easy decision for us. What he has done with the ladies team has been very impressive. I believe that co-operation with the new head coach and all the athletes will be very fruitful", Janne Leskinen General Manager of Finnish Alpine Ski Team says.
Christian Thoma joins the Finnish ladies World Cup team as a new head coach
The 36-year-old Italian Christian Thoma joins the ladies’ Alpine Ski Team Finland after coaching Italian ladies World Cup Team many years. Thoma brings nine years of Italian World Cup coaching experience to Finnish alpine skiing. New head coach started his coaching career in season 1989/1990 from the Ski College Mals South Tyrol.
“We didn’t want to take any kind of risk with the new head coach and that’s why we decided to hire people who come from the country which have very strong alpine skiing culture. Thoma has already strong coaching experience at the World Cup and I’m very excited what Thoma can give from the Italian alpine skiing culture to us”, Leskisen says.
Further Information:
Ski Sport Finland General Manager Janne Leskinen, tel. 0400 300 930, e-mail: janne.leskinen@skisport.fi
