Andreas Prommegger
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| File:Andreas Prommegger 2013 Wien.jpg Prommegger in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Born | 10 November 1980 Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Austria |
| Sport | Snowboard |
Event | Parallel slalom |
| Club | WSV St. Johann |
Medal record | |
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Andreas Prommegger (born 10 November 1980) is an Austrian professional snowboarder.
Career
[edit | edit source]Prommegger's specialty is the Parallel competitions in Slalom, in which he is the 2017 and 2023 world champion, and Giant Slalom, in which he won the gold medal at the 2017 World Championships. He also won the silver medal in Parallel Slalom at the 2021 World Championships, losing the final to long-time friend and rival Benjamin Karl.
By winning the 2023 Parallel Slalom title in Bakuriani at 42, he became the oldest world champion ever not only in snowboarding but in all FIS sanctioned events, except grass skiing.
Prommegger has competed at the 2006, 2010, 2014,[1] 2018,[2] and 2022 Winter Olympics.[3]
Career highlights
[edit | edit source]- Olympic Winter Games
- 2006 – Turin, 9th at parallel giant slalom
- FIS World Snowboard Championships
- 1999 – Seiser Alm, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd at parallel giant slalom (juniors)
- 1999 – Berchtesgaden, 43rd at snowboardcross
- 2000 – Berchtesgaden, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st at parallel giant slalom (juniors)
- 2000 – Berchtesgaden, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st at parallel slalom (juniors)
- 2001 – Madonna di Campiglio, 22nd at snowboardcross
- 2001 – Madonna di Campiglio, 10th at parallel giant slalom
- 2001 – Madonna di Campiglio, 23rd at parallel slalom
- 2005 – Whistler, 5th at parallel giant slalom
- 2005 – Whistler, 9th at parallel slalom
- 2007 – Arosa, 4th at parallel slalom
- 2007 – Arosa, 5th at parallel giant slalom
- World Cup
- 2004 – Berchtesgaden, 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd at parallel giant slalom
- 2004 – Winterberg, 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd at parallel slalom
- 2005 – Le Relais, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd at parallel giant slalom
- 2006 – Lake Placid, 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd at parallel giant slalom
- 2006 – Furano, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd at parallel giant slalom
- 2007 – Sungwoo, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd at parallel giant slalom
- 2008 – La Molina, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st at parallel giant slalom
- 2008 – La Molina, 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd at parallel slalom
- National Championships
- 2000 – Innichen, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st at snowboardcross
- 2001 – Sappada, 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd at parallel giant slalom
- 2004 – Bad Gastein, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st at parallel slalom
- 2005 – Kreischberg, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st at parallel giant slalom
- 2007 – Haus im Ennstal, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st at giant slalom
References
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External links
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Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Austrian male snowboarders
- Olympic snowboarders for Austria
- Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarding biography stubs
- Austrian winter sports biography stubs