Tadej Pogačar Parents: Meet Mirko Pogačar And Marjeta Pogačar

Mirko Pogačar and Marjeta Pogačar are the parents of cyclist star Tadej Pogačar. Marjeta is a teacher of French and Mirko formerly worked in management at a chair factory before joining Tadej’s former team Ljubljana Gusto Santic as part of their management team in 2021

Tadej was born and grew up in Komenda, 20 km north of the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. His mother. Tadej is the third of four siblings. In addition to his native Slovenian, Pogačar speaks fluent English and Italian.

Tadej Pogačar has established himself as the dominant force in men’s cycling, having won Grand Tours, Olympic medals, monuments, and one-day races along the way.

Tadej Pogačar won the Tour de France three times in a row in 2020 and 2021, an unprecedented feat in nearly four decades.

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He became the youngest cyclist to win a UCI World Tour race when he won the Tour of California in 2019.

Tadej Pogačar won three stages of the Vuelta an Espaa later that year, finishing third overall and winning the young rider title in his first Grand Tour.

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