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Romy Tschopp (born 14 October 1993) is a Swiss para-snowboarder in the SB-LL2 category.
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Romy Tschopp (born 14 October 1993) is a Swiss para-snowboarder in the SB-LL2 category.
At the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway, Tschopp, along with Ellen Walther, won the bronze medal in the women's team event. [1] She competed for Switzerland in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China. [2] She competed in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL2 and women's banked slalom SB-LL2 events. [3]
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