Gloria Kotnik’s Olympic journey has been made possible by her partner Zeljko Stevic’s unwavering support.
Gloria Kotnik is an Olympic athlete. She is representing Slovenia’s Snowboarding team at the Olympic Games Beijing 2022.
Kotnik has successfully won a bronze in the Women’s parallel giant slalom on February 8, 2022.
The Slovenian has previously competed at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics. Her best results were three 4th places in 2018 until the bronze win.
Snowboarding: Who Is Gloria Kotnik Partner?
Gloria Kotnik has been living with her Slovenian partner Zeljko Stevic. They have not been married yet.
However, the pair do share a 10-month-old son named Maj, who was born in January 2021.
Kotnik is seen active on Instagram with the handle @zeljko_gst. He has greatly aided Gloria in balancing her life, from sports to motherhood.
The young mother was pregnant in the 2020/2021 season. She had last competed in March 2020 and still managed to compete in the qualifying.
She was ranked amongst the 32 best “boarders” in the world.
Kotnik says: “I am a mother and a child comes first, so it has happened many times that my plans have changed or collapsed in an instant”
“My family means everything to me and nothing else matters if my success does not make them as happy as in me.”
“I learned that improvisation and flexibility are key in motherhood.”
Check Out Gloria Kotnik Pictures With Her Family On Instagram
Gloria Kotnik is extremely famous on Instagram. She very often entertains her fans with lovely photographs
From her IG bio, we have discovered that she is the CEO of Allflex & Ski Snowboard Plate.
The snowboarder goes by the handle @gloriakotnik and she has amassed 11.7 thousand followers.
Meet Gloria Kotnik Proud Parents
Gloria Kotnik was raised by parents; Peter Kotnik (father) and a proud Slovenian mother.
Her father has already been a Snowboarder in past. In fact, has worked as her coach and coach of the Slovenian snowboarding team.
In 2015, he served as the coach for the People’s Republic of China national snowboarding team. No doubt, that the olympian is highly influenced by her father.
Gloria says: “I was skiing, but my parents bought snowboards, so I also wanted to have one.”
Not to forget that she was taught snowboarding at age five in her hometown in Rogla.