Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| FIS World Championships |
| 2 | Slopestyle | 2013 | Stoneham, QC, CAN |
| World Snowboarding Championships |
| 20 | Slopestyle | 2012 | Oslo, NOR |
| FIS World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | HP | AFU |
|---|
| 2012/2013 | - | 21 |
| 2010/2011 | 33 | 41 |
| Best performance per season in FIS World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | HP | SBS |
|---|
| 2012/2013 | - | 1 x 2nd |
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 13th | - |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| X Games |
| 5 | Slopestyle | 2013 | Aspen, CO, USA |
| 5 | Slopestyle | 2011 | Aspen, CO, USA |
| World Snowboard Tour (Ranking) |
| 3 | Overall | 2011/2012 | |
| 4 | Slopestyle | 2011/2012 | |
| 5 | Overall | 2010/2011 | |
| 9 | Overall | 2012/2013 | |
| World Snowboard Tour |
| 2 | Slopestyle | 2010/2011 | Laax, SUI |
LegendALL-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: Tennis, skating, beach volleyball, surfing, art. (snowboardsteez.com, 02 Feb 2013; neffheadwear.com, 13 May 2013)
- Education: Pedagogy - College of Education, Chur, SUI
- Coach: Franco Giovanoli (fissnowboard.com, 01 May 2013)
- Injuries: She could not race for three weeks due to injury before the 2006 World Junior Championships. She went on to win gold in big air and bronze in halfpipe. (snowboardclub.co.uk, 02 Dec 2006)
- Occupation: Athlete, Student
- Languages Spoken: English, German
- Position Style: Goofy (360flip.ru, 07 Dec 2012)
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerShe began skiing at age three and snowboarding at age five in her hometown of Flims and in nearby Laax, Switzerland. (snowboardsteez.com, 02 Feb 2013)
Reason for taking up this sportHer father began snowboarding and inspired her to take it up too. "It looked cool and I loved it from day one." (ttrworldtour.com, 15 May 2013)
AmbitionsTo compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (snowboardsteez.com, 02 Feb 2013)
TrainingShe includes yoga, tennis, skateboarding and cycling in her training regime. (snowboardsteez.com, 02 Feb 2013)
Most memorable sporting achievementWinning the 2006 Burton European in Laax, Switzerland, which was her first big competition. (360flip.ru, 07 Dec 2012)
HeroSwiss snowboarder Nicolas Muller. (360flip.ru, 07 Dec 2012)
Most influential person in careerHer father. (ttrworldtour.com, 15 May 2013)
Sporting philosophy / motto"My biggest goal is to ride every day with a smile. It's not about a trick or about a powder line, it's about that happy feeling." (mpora.com, 13 Jan 2012)
GeneralTRICKS
In May 2013 while filming a snowboarding video, she landed a 1080 degree trick off a jump in Laax, Switzerland. "I really don't know if I'm the first woman who has landed a 1080 off a jump. I don't know of another girl who has landed one, so I think I am the first. But you never know, there are so many good girls shredding every day." She plans to try a 1080 in competition during the 2013/14 season. (neffheadwear.com, 13 May 2013)
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