Jure Franko

Sarajevo, XIV Olympic Winter Games, 14 February 1984: Slovenian Jure FRANKO competing for Yugoslavia in action during the men's giant slalom competition. He won the silver medal. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections/ASL

Born: 28 March 1962

Birthplace: Not available

Nationality: Yugoslavia

Sport: Skiing

ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Lake Placid 1980

Sarajevo 1984

AWARDS

Olympic medals:

Silver: 1

Host Nation Hero

Never in Olympic history had a host country failed to win a medal. When the 1984 Winter Games were awarded to Sarajevo, it was assumed that this record would, sadly, be broken. Yugoslavia had never won a single medal in any winter sport and had no serious contenders in 1984. However, in the giant slalom, Jure Franko, a 21-year-old Slovenian, recorded the fourth fastest time of the first run. He then skied the best time of the second run and ended up in second place overall to win Yugoslavia's first Winter Olympics medal.

(Credit: IOC. Click here for further information.)