Taja Bodlaj

Taja Bodlaj
Personal information
Born (2006-05-29) 29 May 2006
Sport
SportSki jumping
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
Representing  Slovenia
Winter Youth Olympics
2024 Gangwon Individual NH
2024 Gangwon Mixed team NH
Junior World Championships
2022 Zakopane Team NH
2024 Planica Team NH
2025 Lake Placid Mixed team NH
2022 Zakopane Individual NH
2022 Zakopane Mixed team NH
2023 Whistler Team NH
2024 Planica Mixed team NH
2025 Lake Placid Team NH
2024 Planica Individual NH
2025 Lake Placid Individual NH

Taja Bodlaj (born 29 May 2006) is a Slovenian ski jumper. She is a three-time Junior World Champion.

Career

Bodlaj made her Junior World Ski Championships debut in 2022 and won a gold medal in the team normal hill.[1] She also won a silver medal in the individual normal hill and mixed team normal hill events.[2] During the 2023 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships she won a silver medal in the team normal hill event.

Bodlaj represented Slovenia at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics and won a gold medal in the normal hill event with a score of 215.7 points.[3] She also won a gold medal in the mixed team normal hill event.[4] She then competed at the 2024 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships and won a gold medal in the team normal hill. She also won a silver medal in the mixed team normal hill and a bronze medal in the individual normal hill.[5][6]

She competed at the 2025 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships and won a gold medal in the mixed team normal hill event. She also won a silver medal in the team normal hill and a bronze medal in the individual normal hill events.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "JWC: Team gold to Austria and Slovenia". fis-ski.com (in Slovenian). 6 March 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Nika Prevc mladinska svetovna prvakinja, srebro za Tajo Bodlaj". delo.si (in Slovenian). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Taja Bodlaj postala mladinska olimpijska prvakinja". sloski.si (in Slovenian). 20 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Prihodnost slovenskega športa je svetla! Izjemen uspeh smučarskih skakalcev". svet24.si (in Slovenian). 21 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Velika prevlada mladih Slovenk in novo zlato v Planici". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 25 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Tina Erzar in Taja Bodlaj bosta v Lake Placidu branili tri medalje iz Planice". sloski.si (in Slovenian). 5 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Austria, Germany and Slovenia take Gold in Lake Placid". fis-ski.com. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  8. ^ "MSP: Taja Bodlaj bronasta tudi v Lake Placidu, Tina Erzar 4". sloski.si (in Slovenian). 12 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2026.