Scott Kneller

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Scott Kneller
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1989-05-19) 19 May 1989 (age 35)
Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in) (2014) [1]
Weight90 kg (200 lb) (2014)
SpouseRegina Kneller (m.2019)
Sport
CountryAustralia
Sport Freestyle Skiing
EventSki Cross Men
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2010 Winter Olympics (Vancouver), 2014 Winter Olympics (Australia)
Medal record
New Zealand Winter Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Cardrona Ski Cross
Updated on 26 January 2019

Scott Kneller (born 1989) in central Australia. He is an Australian freestyle skier. He represented Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. [2] Competing in the ski cross, he came seventh. He came second in his 1/8 final, and then in his 1/4 final to qualify for the semifinals. In each race there are four competitors and the top two progress. He then came third in the semi-final and third in the Small Final, for those eliminated in the semifinals. He competed for Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the ski cross events.

Kneller completed high school at Hurlstone Agricultural High School in southern Sydney in 2007 and studied a combined Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Engineering at the University of New South Wales from 2009-2015.

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References

  1. "Scott Kneller". sochi2014.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. "Scott Kneller, Freestyle Skiing". Vancouver 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.