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Petra Majdič

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Petra Majdič is a Slovenian former cross-country skier, born on 22 December 1979, whose best results came in classic style races. The English Wikipedia lead says she won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty of them sprints, and also won a 30 km marathon race in Trondheim in 2009. She was the first Slovenian cross-country skier to win a World Cup race, to win a medal at the World Championships and to win an Olympic medal. With 20 sprint wins she is the second most successful sprinter in World Cup history, and with 24 wins in all the fourth most successful competitor of all time. This entry records only what that lead states.

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1979 1
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Nordic Skiing, Sports
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is a Slovenian former cross-country skier
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    born 22 December 1979
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    is a Slovenian former cross-country skier
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    cross-country skier
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