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Medal record | ||
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Women's snowboarding | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 2006 Turin | Parallel Giant Slalom |
![]() | 2014 Sochi | Parallel Slalom |
FIS Snowboarding World Championships | ||
![]() | 2007 Arosa | Parallel Giant Slalom |
![]() | 2013 Stoneham | Parallel Giant Slalom |
![]() | 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.
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]
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]