Maria Ramberger

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Maria Ramberger
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OccupationFormer Olympic Snowboarder

Maria Ramberger is a 2-time Olympic Snowboarder and Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company where she served a broad range of tech clients across Hardware, Software and Tech Services. [1] Born in Vienna, Austria [2] she initially joined as part of the German office in 2017 and later transferred to the United States in early 2019. [1] Before joining McKinsey she was a member of the Austrian National Snowboard Team. [3] Maria also holds a PhD in law [4] and served in the Austrian Armed Forces (2007 - 2012). [5]

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Snowboard career

Starting her snowboarding journey at age 7 Maria succeeded in joining the National Austrian Snowboard Team [3] and represented Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. [6]

Despite growing up and attending high school in Klosterneuburg, Austria (a 4+ hour drive away from any larger ski area) Maria consistently proved herself as Austria's fastest female snowboardcross athlete. [7] In 2010/11 and 2014/15 she managed to break into the Top 10 globally and ended her season ranked 9th worldwide.

Additional career highlights include e.g., a World Cup Win, [8] X-Games, World Championships, 4 National Championship Titles, 6 Europa Cup and 4 North American Cup victories. [7] [9] She retired in October 2016. [10]

In tandem with her athletic career Maria was a member of the Austrian Armed Forces' Athletic Division ('Heeressport') [5] where she served as a Corporal (2007 - 2012) and acquired a Masters and PhD in law at the University of Vienna. [4]

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  4. 1 2 Wien, Alumniverband der Universität. "Alumniverband der Universität Wien". Alumniverband der Universität Wien (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  5. 1 2 Referat 3, BMLVS-Abteilung Kommunikation-. "100. Sportlerin im Dienste des Bundesheeres". bundesheer.at (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  6. ↑ Maria Ramberger - Austria Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine - Sochi 2014 Olympics
  7. 1 2 "FIS SKI - Results".
  8. ↑ "Erster Sieg im Team-Bewerb". m.noen.at (in German). 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  9. ↑ "UNION Trendsport Weichberger - Maria Ramberger und Christopher Fischer". trendsport.sportunion.at. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
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