German snowboarder

Amelie Kober (born 16 November 1987, in Bad Aibling) is a German Federal Police officer and Olympic medalist in snowboarding.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Personal life
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Biography

At the Junior World Championships 2005 in Zermatt, Switzerland she won silver. In the World Cup she was ranked fifth.

She was the youngest compe*or in the Parallel Giant Slalom compe*ion at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Despite a fall during the quarter finals, she caught up with her compe*or and proceeded to the semi-finals and final round, winning silver.

At the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2007 in Arosa, Switzerland she won silver in the Parallel Giant Slalom compe*ion.

She won the Parallel Giant Slalom compe*ion of the 2009–10 FIS Snowboard World Cup in Sudelfeld, Germany.

Personal life

Kober tells in an interview after the half final of the Snowboard Compe*ion at 2010 Winter Olympics that she is pregnant: "It's true that this season I will not compete more than one race because I'm a mum."

References

External links

• "Official website". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
• Amelie Kober at the International Olympic Committee
• Amelie Kober at Olympics.com
• Amelie Kober at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)