Amelie Kober
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| Medal record | ||
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| Women's snowboarding | ||
Representing  Germany
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2006 Turin | Parallel Giant Slalom |
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2014 Sochi | Parallel Slalom |
| FIS Snowboarding World Championships | ||
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2007 Arosa | Parallel Giant Slalom |
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2013 Stoneham | Parallel Giant Slalom |
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2013 Stoneham | Parallel Slalom |
Amelie Kober (born 16 November 1987, in Bad Aibling) is a German Federal Police officer[1] and Olympic medalist in snowboarding.
Biography
[edit]At the Junior World Championships 2005 in Zermatt, Switzerland she won silver. In the World Cup she was ranked fifth.[2]
She was the youngest competitor in the Parallel Giant Slalom competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Despite a fall during the quarter-finals, she caught up with her competitor and proceeded to the semi-finals and final round, winning silver.[3][4]
At the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2007 in Arosa, Switzerland she won silver in the Parallel Giant Slalom competition.[5]
She won the Parallel Giant Slalom competition of the 2009–10 FIS Snowboard World Cup in Sudelfeld, Germany.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Kober tells in an interview after the half final of the Snowboard Competition at 2010 Winter Olympics that she is pregnant: "It's true that this season I will not compete more than one race because I'm a mum."[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jung, dynamisch, eigentlich gut vermarktbar". Die Welt (in German). 6 January 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ "Amelie Kober". The Ski Channel. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amelie Kober". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ "Suunto Ambassador Amelie Kober". Suunto. Retrieved 30 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Athlete information KOBER Amelie". FIS. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ "FIS Snowboard News". FIS. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ "Amelie Kober in Vancouver 2010: Mutterglück statt Medaille". focus.de. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
External links
[edit]- Amelie Kober at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Amelie Kober at Olympedia (archive)
- Amelie Kober at Olympics.com
- Amelie Kober at Olympic.org (archived)
- Amelie Kober at Team Deutschland (in German)
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 July 2011)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Bad Aibling
- Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria
- German female snowboarders
- Olympic snowboarders for Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in snowboarding
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- 21st-century German sportswomen