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| Full name | Benjamin Martin Karl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 1985 Sankt Pölten, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Parallel slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Union Trendsport Weichberger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin Martin Karl (born 16 October 1985) is an Austrian professional snowboarder with seven World Cup victories and one FIS World Ski Championships Victory. [1]
He competed for his nation in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Parallel Giant Slalom, coming in second to Jasey Jay Anderson. [2]
He won the bronze medal in Parallel slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics and finally became the Olympic champion in Parallel Giant Slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Karl has been a salaried employee of the Austrian Armed Forces since 2004. [3]
In April of 2022, Karl was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after causing a road traffic accident in which one person was killed and another severely injured. He was sentenced to three months of probation. [4] [5]
