Amelie Kober
| Medal record | ||
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 Amelie Kober |
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Competitor for  Germany |
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| Women's Snowboarding | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 2006 Turin | Parallel Giant Slalom |
| FIS Snowboarding World Championships | ||
| Silver | 2007 Arosa | Parallel Giant Slalom |
Amelie Kober (born 16 November 1987 in Bad Aibling) is a German Federal Police officer[1] and Olympic medalist in snowboarding.
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[edit] Biography
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]
[edit] Personal life
Kober tells in an interview after the half final of the Snowboard Competition at 2010 Winter Olympics that she is pregnant: "It is true that I deny this season, more than one race, because I will becoming Mom."[7]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Jung, dynamisch, eigentlich gut vermarktbar" (in German). Die Welt. 2010-01-06. http://www.zeit.de/sport/2010-01/snowboard-amelie-kober?page=2. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- ^ "Amelie Kober". The Ski Channel. http://www.theskichannel.com/athletes/Amelie-Kober. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- ^ "Amelie Kober". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/amelie-kober-1.html. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- ^ "Suunto Ambassador Amelie Kober". Suunto. http://www.suunto.com/suunto/Worlds/outdoor/main/Outdoor_ambassador.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673987170&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302757973&bmUID=igsK5AR. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- ^ "Athlete information KOBER Amelie". FIS. http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?sector=SB&competitorid=78836&type=result&category=WSC&season=ALL&sort=&discipline=ALL&position=3&Submit=Search. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- ^ "FIS Snowboard News". FIS. http://www.fissnowboard.com/uk/news/amelie-kober-and-andreas-prommegger-triumph-parallel-world-cup-sudelfeld,58.html. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
- ^ Amelie Kober in Vancouver 2010: Mutterglück statt Medaille
[edit] External links
- (German) Official website
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Bad Aibling
- German snowboarders
- Olympic snowboarders of Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in snowboarding
- German Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- Snowboarding biography stubs
