Chief of State : Mr Danilo Türk Head of Government : Mr Borut Pahor
Minister/ Secretary of State/ Chairman of agency responsible for sports : Mr Igor LUKŠIČ, dr. sc Chairman of the National Olympic Committee : Mr Janez KOCIJANČIČ, Ms. Sc. Chairman of the National Sports Confederation : : Same. - Merged
Land surface : 20 273 km
Population : 2 millions
Capital : Ljubljana
Language : slovenian
Currency : euro GDP per capita ($PPP) : 18.000
Budget of State (2009): 10 bn Budget of the ministry responsible for sports: 38 mio Principal financing source for sport: households (60%) public funds 120 mio (20% central budget 80% local level) National sports federations : 68 Sports people member of a club : 320.000
National and international political priorities in the sports sector (2009)
- implementing the National Programme of sport (2000) – to build the environment for sport to develop;
- Membership and partnership to: EU, CoE, UNESCO, UN, WADA, IOC, ENGSO, EOC, UN – implementation of international instruments: conventions, charters, resolutions, recommendations, papers, etc.
- Bilateral agreements on sport: Croatia, Russian Federation, China
Organisation of sport in the country (2009) Umbrella organisations:
Public - Ministry of Education and Sport
Sport movement - Slovenian Olympic Committee – Association of Sport Federations (merged 1994)
Additional public - Slovenian Sports Office, Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana
Results of the last Olympic Games Summer Games (Beijing, 2008) Total of available medals: 5 Total of won medals: ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold: 1 ; Silver: 2 ; Bronze: 2 Winter Games (Turin, 2006)
Total of available medals :
Total of won medals: ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold: ; Silver: ; Bronze:
World champion in 2009 (including non olympic sport):
European champion (in 2009):
N.B. Slovenia won in 2009 al together 227 medals in European and World Championships in all categories and sports disciplines.
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