Benjamin Karl
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Full name | Benjamin Martin Karl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Austrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sankt Pölten, Austria | 16 October 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
References
- ^ FIS Profile Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CTV Profile
External links
- Official website
- Benjamin Karl at FIS (snowboarding)
- Benjamin Karl at Olympics.com
- Benjamin Karl at Olympedia
Categories:
- Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic snowboarders for Austria
- Austrian male snowboarders
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Olympic gold medalists for Austria
- Olympic silver medalists for Austria
- Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
- Olympic medalists in snowboarding
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Sankt Pölten
- Snowboarding biography stubs
- Austrian winter sports biography stubs