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Amelie KOBER

Germany

Gender: Female
Nationality: Germany

Birthday: 16 November 1987
Age: 26

Height: 1.68 m (5' 6'')
Weight: 56 kg / 123 lbs

Place of Birth: Germany, BAD AIBLING
Place of Residence: -

Snowboard

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Medals

Athlete competitions and results

19 February, 09:15 Ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom Qualification
Amelie KOBER
Rank: 30

22 February, 09:15 Ladies' Parallel Slalom Qualification
Amelie KOBER
Time: 1:05.46
Rank: 14

22 February, 13:23 Ladies' Parallel Slalom 1/8 Finals
Amelie KOBER
Rank: 1

22 February, 14:07 Ladies' Parallel Slalom Quarterfinals
Amelie KOBER
Rank: 1

22 February, 14:32 Ladies' Parallel Slalom Semifinals
Amelie KOBER
Rank: 2

22 February, 14:46 Ladies' Parallel Slalom Finals
Amelie KOBER
Rank: 3

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Olympic Winter Games
2	Parallel Giant Slalom	2006	Torino, ITA
8	Parallel Giant Slalom	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN
FIS World Championships
2	Parallel Giant Slalom	2007	Arosa, SUI
3	Parallel Slalom	2013	Stoneham, QC, CAN
3	Parallel Giant Slalom	2013	Stoneham, QC, CAN
4	Parallel Giant Slalom	2011	La Molina, ESP
6	Parallel Slalom	2011	La Molina, ESP

FIS World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons

Season	ALL	PS	PGS	PAR	ASP
2013/2014	-	20	16	17	-
2012/2013	-	2	13	5	-
2011/2012	-	-	-	2	2
2010/2011	-	-	-	26	55
2008/2009	3	-	-	1	-

Best performance per season in FIS World Cup events from 2010/2011

Season	PS	PGS
2013/2014	1 x 8th	1 x 10th
2012/2013	1 x 1st	1 x 2nd
2011/2012	1 x 4th	2 x 1st
2010/2011	1 x 8th	1 x 31st

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Ten best FIS World Cup performances in current season
8	Parallel Slalom	2013/2014	Bad Gastein, AUT
10	Parallel Giant Slalom	2013/2014	Rogla, SLO
18	Parallel Giant Slalom	2013/2014	Sudelfeld, GER
24	Parallel Giant Slalom	2013/2014	Carezza, ITA
29	Parallel Slalom	2013/2014	Carezza, ITA
39	Parallel Slalom	2013/2014	Bad Gastein, AUT

Legend
ALL-Overall, PGS-Parallel Giant Slalom, PS-Parallel Slalom, PAR-Parallel Overall, SBX-Snowboard Cross, ASP-Parallel and Snowboard Cross overall ranking, HP-Halfpipe, BA-Big Air, SBS-Slopestyle, AFU-Freestyle overall ranking, BA/SBS-Big Air and Slopestyle overall ranking, DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified

Hobbies: Cycling, skiing, motorcycling, cooking. (amelie-kober.de, 13 Mar 2013)
Education: Police Studies - Federal Sports School, Rosenheim, GER
Languages Spoken: English, German
Debut: 2003 for Germany, World Cup (Berchtesgaden) (amelie-kober.de, 13 Mar 2013)

Occupation: Police Officer
Family: Son Lorenz
Club Name: SC Miesbach , Germany
Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010, Torino 2006

Additional Information

Start of sporting career
She began skiing at age three and took up snowboarding at age 10. (amelie-kober.de, 13 Mar 2013)

Ambitions
To be successful at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (amelie-kober.de, 13 Mar 2013)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning a silver medal at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin. (amelie-kober.de, 13 Mar 2013)

Hero
German alpine skier Markus Wasmeier, French snowboarder Mathieu Bozzetto. (amelie-kober.de, 13 Mar 2013)

Awards
In 2006 she was named German Junior Sports Personality of the Year and given the Bavarian Sport Award in the Outstanding Young Talent category. (amelie-kober.de, 16 May 2013)

General
CHARITY
She supports the Sky Stiftung [Sky Foundation] which aims to enable children to have an active life with lots of exercise. (amelie-kober.de, 13 Mar 2013)

PREGNANCY
She competed at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver while she was pregnant. She had been assured by doctors that racing would not affect the safety of her unborn child. (zeit.de, 13 Jan 2013)

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