Career
His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 4th in the individual large hill event in 1987. After his jumping days were over he started successful coaching career. He was coach of Slovenian national ski jumping team from 1999/2000 to 2005/06.
In 2002 he launched Slovenian eagles to the team bronze in Olympic games in Salt Lake City.
After 2006 he quit his post as a coach and was replaced with Vasja Bajc. He took over Czechoslovakian national team and stay there for three successful seasons.
After that he quit so he could once again became head coach for his beloved Slovenia. His tenure was between 2009 and 2011.
But second time the results very not so good and he was replaced with the most successful coach in Slovenian ski jumping history - Goran Janus who was his former jumper.
In 2011 he became coach for French ski jumping national team With moderate success he coached them for two years, to the end of the 2014 Olympic cycle. On May,24th was announcement that he became new head coach of Russian national ski jumping team and their new ambitious program to launch Russia among best ski jumping nations.
He was also able to choose his own assistant.
He chose his countryman Matjaž Triplat. Matjaž Triplat was former head coach of Slovenian women ski jumping team
He also has 2 children.
