Sport - Domen Prevc

Sport – Slovenia’s world champions Nika and Domen Prevc

A world record in front of a home crowd

In the 2024–25 season Domen Prevc matured into a ski jumper who became the heart of Slovenia’s ski jumping family. In February, in Trondheim, he became world champion – twice over. First in the individual competition and then together with Anže Lanišek, Timi Zajc and Lovro Kos in the team event. His gold-medal-winning jumps at the World Championships proved that Domen is at his peak. Calm, focused and ready for something more.

That “something more” came in the place where Slovenia loves ski jumping most – in Planica. Before a crowd of home supporters, under his native sky, on the Gorišek Brothers’ Flying Hill, he flew an incredible 254.5 metres. Silence before the take-off, breath held during the flight, an explosion of pride at the landing. In that moment it was not only Domen who flew, but the whole of Slovenia. And when the world record mark appeared on the big screen, the stands shook, eyes filled with tears and flags unfurled.

After an absence of 14 years, the record had come home. And for the first time in history, it had been set by a Slovene. On his home ski jump. In the embrace of his own nation. This wasn’t just a sporting achievement. This was a historic moment that reminded all of us why ski jumping is more than a sport in Slovenia.

The stamp bearing his image is a homage to that moment. A homage to Domen. 

Tomi Trbovc, Ski Association of Slovenia