Stanko Bloudek

He attended school in Most (in today’s Czech Republic), where his father worked in the local mining industry.

In the 1930s, Bloudek designed the first Slovenian car, Triglav, which was produced in 1934 by the Automontaža company, where he was the main constructor until World War II.

In 1928, he became a member of the Olympic team for the Winter Games in Sankt Moritz as a figure skater, but finally did not compete in the competition.

[citation needed] Another ski jumping hill based on plans by Bloudek was built in the Šiška District of Ljubljana in 1954 and existed until 1976. International competitions for the Kongsberg Cup were organised there, attended by thousands of spectators.

He was a great friend of Rudolf Cvetko, the first Slovene Olympic medalist, after he helped him keep his job and in promoting fencing in Ljubljana.

During World War II, he heavily financed the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation and was imprisoned for this in 1942 and 1945. in 1958, he became the first honorary member of the Slovenian Football Association and in the following year led the renovation of the Bežigrad Stadium.

[1] To honour his achievements, a bust of Stanko Bloudek was created by Stojan Batič and erected in Tivoli Park in Ljubljana in 1969.