Zrinka Ljutić (born 26 January 2004) is a Croatian World Cup alpine ski racer who specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She made her World Cup debut at age 16 in December 2020 and competed at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.[1]
In the 2022 World Cup season, Ljutić earned her first World Cup points and finished thirtieth in the slalom standings.[2] Ljutić achieved a breakthrough in the 2025 season, scoring her first World Cup win in a slalom in Semmering in December 2024 before taking two more victories and going on to be crowned World Cup slalom champion.[3]
World Cup results
Season titles
- 1 title (1 Slalom)
| Season | Discipline |
| 2025 | Slalom |
|---|
Season standings
| Season | |||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Parallel | |
| 2022 | 18 | 81 | 30 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 19 | 41 | 12 | 40 | — | — | —N/a |
| 2024 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 10 | — | — | |
| 2025 | 21 | 4 | 8 | — | — | ||
| 2026 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 9 | — | — |
Race podiums
- 3 wins – (3 SL)
- 10 podiums – (8 SL, 2 GS); 36 top tens (22 SL, 13 GS)
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2023 | 29 January 2023 | Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic | Slalom | 3rd |
| 2024 | 21 January 2024 | Jasná, Slovakia | Slalom | 2nd |
| 11 February 2024 | Soldeu, Andorra | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 10 March 2024 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2025 | 30 November 2024 | Killington, United States | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 29 December 2024 | Semmering, Austria | Slalom | 1st | |
| 5 January 2025 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 1st | |
| 30 January 2025 | Courchevel, France | Slalom | 1st | |
| 23 February 2025 | Sestriere, Italy | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2026 | 6 December 2025 | Tremblant, Canada | Giant slalom | 2nd |
World Championship results
| Year | |||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team combined | Parallel | Team event | |
| 2023 | 19 | DNF2 | 17 | — | — | — | —N/a | — | — |
| 2025 | 21 | 9 | 8 | — | — | —N/a | — | —N/a | — |
Olympic Games
| Year | ||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team combined | Team event | |
| 2022 | 18 | 25 | 28 | — | — | — | —N/a | — |
| 2026 | 22 | 26 | 17 | — | — | —N/a | — | —N/a |
Personal life
Her mother, Martina, is from Varaždin, while her father, Amir, was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[4][5] She is Roman Catholic.[6]
References
- 1."Zrinka Ljutić". Olymedia. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- 2."LJUTIC Zrinka - Athlete Information". FIS-ski.com. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- 3."Ljutic grabs glorious debut Slalom Globe as Shiffrin clocks win 101". fis-ski.com. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- 4.Kušter, Filip (2025-01-04). "Zrinka Ljutić ima veliku potporu u mami i baki, Varaždinkama koje prate njene nastupe". Varazdinski.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- 5."Tko je Zrinka Ljutić? Njezin otac je bivši Dinamovac, Janica joj je uzor, a Marin Čilić ima važnu ulogu u njenom uspjehu". story.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- 6."Pitali smo poznate Hrvate vjernike što misle o papi Franji, ovo su njihovi odgovori". bitno.net (in Croatian). 25 April 2024.