{{short description|Slovenian ski jumper (born 1998)}} {{Infobox ski jumper | name = Ema Klinec | image = 2022-03-13 Wintersport, Skisprung-Weltcup der Frauen in Oberhof 1DX 7281 by Stepro.jpg | caption = Klinec in 2022 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|7|2}} | birth_place = Kranj, Slovenia<ref name="eurosport">{{cite web |title=Ema Klinec – Player Profile – Ski Jumping |url=https://www.eurosport.com/ski-jumping/ema-klinec_prs344906/person.shtml |publisher=Eurosport |access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref> | height = 1.65 m<ref name="eurosport"/> | sport = Ski jumping | club = SSK Norica Žiri | personalbest = {{convert|226|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br />Vikersund, 19 March 2023 | seasons = 2014, 2016–present | ratitles = 1 (2023) | individual_starts = 163 | totalpodiums = 31 | wins = 2 | team_starts = 15 | teampodiums = 5 | teamwins = 2 | updated = 28 March 2026 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{SLO}}}} {{MedalSport|Women's ski jumping}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2021 Oberstdorf|Individual NH}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Oberstdorf|Team NH}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Trondheim|Mixed team LH}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Planica|Mixed team NH}} {{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|2016 Lillehammer|Individual NH}} {{MedalGold|2016 Lillehammer|Mixed team NH}} }}
'''Ema Klinec''' (born 2 July 1998) is a Slovenian ski jumper. In February 2021, she became the first Slovenian female ski jumping world champion after winning the normal hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ema Klinec s popolnima skokoma do zlata |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042949988 |website=Dnevnik |access-date=28 March 2021 |language=sl |date=25 February 2021}}</ref>
On 18 March 2023, Klinec landed at {{convert|203|m}} in her second jump at the Vikersundbakken ski flying hill, becoming the first woman to officially jump over 200 metres.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ema Klinec v Vikersundu kot prva smučarska skakalka preskočila 200 m |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1043019285/Skoki/ema-klinec-v-vikersundu-kot-prva-smucarska-skakalka-preskocila-200-m |website=Dnevnik |access-date=18 March 2023 |language=sl |date=18 March 2023}}</ref> The next day, she set a new world record at {{convert|226|m}}, and also won the first ever women's ski flying event in history.<ref name="record">{{cite web |title=Popoln dan Eme Klinec: zmaga, osvojena turneja in nov svetovni rekord |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/zimski-sporti/svetovni-pokal-v-nordijskem-smucanju/popoln-dan-eme-klinec-zmaga-osvojena-turneja-in-nov-svetovni-rekord/661761 |publisher=RTV Slovenija |access-date=19 March 2023 |language=sl |date=19 March 2023}}</ref>
==Major tournament results== ===Winter Olympics=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="background:#fff; font-size:86%; line-height:16px;" ! scope="col" style="width:25px;"|Year ! scope="col" style="width:135px;"|Place ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"|{{Abbr|NH|Normal hill}} |- ! scope=row align=center|2018 | align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Pyeongchang | align=center |14 |- ! scope=row align=center|2022 | align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Beijing | align=center |5 |- |}
===FIS Nordic World Ski Championships=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="background:#fff; font-size:86%; line-height:16px;" ! scope="col" style="width:25px;"|Year ! scope="col" style="width:135px;"|Place ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"|{{Abbr|NH|Normal hill}} ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"|Team ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"|Mixed ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"|{{Abbr|LH|Large hill}} |- ! scope=row align=center|2017 | {{flagicon|FIN}} Lahti | align=center| 5 | align=center| N/A | align=center| 4 | align=center| N/A |- ! scope=row align=center|2021 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Oberstdorf | align=center|{{gold01}} | align=center|{{silver02}} | align=center| 4 | align=center| 6 |- ! scope=row align=center|2023 | {{flagicon|SVN}} Planica | align=center|19 | align=center|4 | align=center|{{bronze3}} | align=center|7 |- ! scope=row align=center|2025 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Trondheim | align=center|13 | align=center|4 | align=center|{{silver02}} | align=center|15 |}
==World Cup record== ===Overall standings=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col"|Season ! scope="col"|Position ! scope="col"|Points |- ! scope=row align=center|2013–14 | align=center | 25 || align=center|175 |- ! scope=row align=center|2015–16 | align=center | 9 || align=center|426 |- ! scope=row align=center|2016–17 | align=center | 7 || align=center|630 |- ! scope=row align=center|2017–18 | align=center | 11 || align=center|381 |- ! scope=row align=center|2018–19 | align=center | 24 || align=center|214 |- ! scope=row align=center|2019–20 | align=center | 8 || align=center|496 |- ! scope=row align=center|2020–21 | align=center | 6 || align=center|492 |- ! scope=row align=center|2021–22 | align=center | 7 || align=center|680 |- ! scope=row align=center|2022–23 | align=center| 3 || align=center| 1,281 |- ! scope=row align=center|2023–24 | align=center | 13 || align=center|540 |- ! scope=row align=center|2024–25 | align=center | 9 || align=center|710 |- ! scope=row align=center|2025–26 | align=center | 45 || align=center|49 |}
===Individual wins=== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:86%; line-height:15px; text-align:left; background:#ffffff;" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:10px;"| No. ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:30px;"| Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:102px;"| Date ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:89px;"| Location ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:142px;"| Hill ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:25px;"| Size |- ! scope=row style="text-align:center;"|1 | align="center" |2021–22 || align=right|27 November 2021 || {{flagicon|RUS}} Nizhny Tagil || Tramplin Stork HS97 || align=center|{{abbr|NH|Normal hill}} |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2 | align="center" |2022–23 || align=right|12 March 2023 || {{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo || Holmenkollbakken HS134 || align=center|{{abbr|LH|Large hill}} |- |}
===Individual starts=== {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="background:#ffffff; font-size:80%; line-height:13px; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" |+ winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q); disqualified (DQ) |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center; color:white" | style="background:#4180be;" width="65px" | '''Season''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''1''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''2''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''3''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''4''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''5''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''6''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''7''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''8''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''9''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''10''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''11''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''12''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''13''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''14''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''15''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''16''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''17''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''18''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''19''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''20''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''21''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''22''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''23''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''24''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''25''' | style="background:#8CB2D8;" width="15px" | '''26''' |- | colspan="27" | |-align=center |rowspan=2|2013–14 ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Hinterzten ! 15px|Hinterzten ! 15px|Chaykovsky, Perm Krai ! 15px|Chaykovsky, Perm Krai ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Planica ! 15px|Planica ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Oslo ! 15px|Falun ! 15px|Planica ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |-align=center |7 |8 |12 |5 |6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | | | | | | |- | colspan="27" | |-align=center | rowspan=2 width=66px|2015–16 ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Nizhny Tagil ! 15px|Nizhny Tagil ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Oberstdorf ! 15px|Oberstdorf ! 15px|Oslo ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Lahti ! 15px|Almaty ! 15px|Almaty ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |-align=center |32 |16 |31 |bgcolor=silver|2 |9 |23 | style="background:#c96;"|3 | style="background:#c96;"|3 |4 |4 |9 |5 | – | – | – | – | – | | | | | | | | | |- | colspan="27" | |-align=center | rowspan=2 width=66px|2016–17 ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Nizhny Tagil ! 15px|Nizhny Tagil ! 15px|Oberstdorf ! 15px|Oberstdorf ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Pyeongchang ! 15px|Pyeongchang ! 15px|Oslo ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |-align=center |10 |10 |6 |7 |7 |bgcolor=silver|2 |4 |11 |8 |6 | – | – | – | – |5 |5 | style="background:#c96;"|3 |4 |6 | | | | | | | |- | colspan="27" | |-align=center | rowspan=2 width=66px|2017–18 ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Hinterzarten ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Oslo ! 15px|Oberstdorf ! 15px|Oberstdorf ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |-align=center |26 |20 |11 |10 |q |8 |6 |8 |6 |9 |8 |8 |14 |6 |13 | | | | | | | | | | | |- | colspan="27" | |-align=center | rowspan=2 width=66px|2018–19 ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Prémanon ! 15px|Prémanon ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Oberstdorf ! 15px|Oberstdorf ! 15px|Oslo ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Trondheim ! 15px|Nizhny Tagil ! 15px|Nizhny Tagil ! 15px|Chaykovsky, Perm Krai ! 15px|Chaykovsky, Perm Krai ! ! |-align=center |9 |style="background:#c96;"|3 |16 |style="background:#c96;"|3 |4 |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– |– | | |- | colspan="27" | |-align=center | rowspan=2 width=66px|2019–20 ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Klingenthal ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Oberstdorf ! 15px|Oberstdorf ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Oslo ! 15px|Lillehammer ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |-align=center |4 |4 |bgcolor=silver|2 |13 |16 |7 |14 |15 |16 |10 |12 |20 |15 |6 |7 |5 | | | | | | | | | | |- | colspan="27" | |-align=center | rowspan=2 width=66px|2020–21 ! 15px|Ramsau am Dachstein ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|link=Germany|Titisee-Neustadt ! 15px|link=Germany|Titisee-Neustadt ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Nizhny Tagil ! 15px|Nizhny Tagil ! 15px|Chaykovsky, Perm Krai ! 15px|Chaykovsky, Perm Krai ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |-align=center |– |bgcolor=silver|2 |style="background:#c96;"|3 |5 |bgcolor=silver|2 |10 |13 |5 |4 |11 |18 |22 |6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |- | colspan="27" | |-align=center | rowspan=2 width=66px|2021–22 ! 15px|Nizhny Tagil ! 15px|Nizhny Tagil ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Klingenthal ! 15px|Klingenthal ! 15px|Ramsau am Dachstein ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|link=Germany|Willingen ! 15px|link=Germany|Willingen ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Oslo ! 15px|Oslo ! 15px|link=Germany|Oberhof ! 15px|link=Germany|Oberhof ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |-align=center |bgcolor=silver|2 |bgcolor=gold|1 |9 |4 |13 |7 |5 |style="background:#c96;"|3 |4 |style="background:#c96;"|3 |5 |– |– |– |– |– |– |5 |style="background:#c96;"|3 | | | | | | | |- | colspan="27" | |-align=center | rowspan=2 width=66px|2022–23 ! 15px|Wisła ! 15px|Wisła ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Titisee-Neustadt ! 15px|Villach ! 15px|Villach ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Hinterzarten ! 15px|Hinterzarten ! 15px|Willingen ! 15px|Willingen ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Râșnov ! 15px|Oslo ! 15px|Oslo ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lahti |-align=center |8 |11 |21 |5 |12 |8 |7 |4 |9 |bgcolor=silver|2 |bgcolor=silver|2 |12 |18 |bgcolor=silver|2 |bgcolor=silver|2 |bgcolor=silver|2 |6 |bgcolor=silver|2 |4 |5 |5 |bgcolor=silver|2 |bgcolor=gold|1 |style="background:#c96;"|3 | 6 | 10 |- | colspan="27" | |-align=center | rowspan=2 width=66px|2023–24 ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Engelberg ! 15px|Engelberg ! 15px|Garmisch-Partenkirchen ! 15px|Oberstdorf ! 15px|Villach ! 15px|Villach ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Willingen ! 15px|Willingen ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Lahti ! 15px|Oslo ! 15px|Oslo ! 15px|Trondheim ! 15px|Trondheim ! 15px|Vikersund ! 15px|Planica ! ! |-align=center | 14 | 5 | style="background:#c96;"|3 | bgcolor=silver|2 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 14 |– |– |– |– |– |13 |26 |13 |8 |4 |37 |20 | style="background:#c96;"|3 |19 | | |- |colspan=27| |-align=center | rowspan=2 width=66px|2024–25 ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Lillehammer ! 15px|Zhangjiakou ! 15px|Zhangjiakou ! 15px|Engelberg ! 15px|Garmisch-Partenkirchen ! 15px|Oberstdorf ! 15px|Villach ! 15px|Villach ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Sapporo ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Zaō Onsen ! 15px|Willingen ! 15px|Lake Placid, New York ! 15px|Lake Placid, New York ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Ljubno ob Savinji ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Hinzenbach ! 15px|Oslo ! 15px|Vikersund ! 15px|Lahti ! 15px|Lahti ! ! |-align=center | DQ | 13 | 4 | bgcolor=silver|2 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 16 |– |– | 13 | bgcolor=silver|2 | 10 | style="background:#c96;"|3 | |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * {{FIS ski jumper}} (ski jumping) * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|ema-klinec}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Klinec, Ema}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Skiers from Kranj Category:Slovenian female ski jumpers Category:Ski jumpers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Category:Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Category:Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic ski jumpers for Slovenia Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists for Slovenia Category:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Category:21st-century Slovenian sportswomen Category:World record setters in ski flying