Monika Oražem


Monika Oražem is a Slovenian professional triathlete, National Sprint Triathlon Champion of the year 2009, and National Sprint Duathlon Champion of the year 2010. According to the Olympic Simulation,, she would be a reserve member of the Slovenian team at the Olympic Games in London 2012.

Sports career

Monika Oražem started triathlon in 2004, at the age of 11, and from 2007 on she has regularly taken part in ITU competitions.
Monika Oražem takes part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux representing SAS Tri 37.
At the opening triathlon of the 2011 circuit in Nice, Oražem placed 10th, in Paris 24th, thus proving to be the best female triathlete of her club.
For the experimental relay type Grand Prix triathlon in Tours she was consequently chosen as the decisive finalist and solo runner but this time she could not outdo her teammates.
In Slovenia, Oražem represents Triatlon klub Inles Riko Ribnica.

ITU Competitions

In the four years from 2007 to 2010, Oražem took part in 20 ITU competitions and achieved 17 top ten positions. In 2011 Oražem took part in her first Elite competition, i.e. the Mixed Relay at the European Championships in Pontevedra.
The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page.
Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and refer to the Elite category.
DateCompetitionPlaceRank
2007-08-12 Junior European CupTiszaújváros8
2007-09-08 Junior European CupBled2
2008-06-28 Junior European CupHolten1
2008-07-12 Junior European CupTiszaújváros3
2008-09-07 Team Relay European Championships Pulpí4
2008-09-13 Junior European CupBledDNF
2008-09-27 Duathlon World Championships Rimini9
2009-05-23 Duathlon European Championships Budapest4
2009-06-06 Junior European CupVienna7
2009-07-02 European Championships Holten15
2009-08-08 Junior European CupTiszaújváros5
2009-09-05 Junior European CupBled5
2009-09-26 European YOG QualifierMar Menor8
2010-04-30 Duathlon European ChampionshipsNancy9
2010-06-12 Junior European CupVienna3
2010-07-03 European Championships Athlone4
2010-08-01 Junior European CupTabor3
2010-08-14 Youth Olympic GamesSingapore10
2010-09-04 Junior European CupBled1
2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: Junior World ChampionshipsBudapest29
2011-04-17 Duathlon European Championships Limerick5
2011-04-30 Junior European CupTournai1
2011-05-21 Junior European CupBrno1
2011-06-11 Junior European CupVienna6
2011-06-24 European Championships Pontevedra6
2011-07-31 Junior European CupTabor2
2011-08-13 Junior European CupTiszaújváros9
2011-08-13 Junior European Cup: Semifinal 1Tiszaújváros2
2011-08-20 Sprint World ChampionshipsLausanne41
2011-08-21 Team World ChampionshipsLausanne18

DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start