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(s) | Parallel slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Union Trendsport Weichberger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Benjamin Martin Karl (born 16 October 1985) is an Austrian 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 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 of 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
- People from Sankt Pölten
- Snowboarding biography stubs
- Austrian winter sports biography stubs