Amelie Kober
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Amelie Kober is a German
Germany
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 Federal Police officer
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 and Olympic medalist
Olympic medalist
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 in snowboarding
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...

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Biography

At the Junior World Championships 2005 in Zermatt
Zermatt
Zermatt is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of about 5,800 inhabitants....

, Switzerland
Switzerland
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 she won silver. In the World Cup she was ranked fifth.

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

At the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2007
FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2007
The FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2007 took place between January 14th and January 20th in Arosa, Switzerland.-Snowboard Cross:The Snowboard Cross finals took place on January 14th.-Parallel Giant Slalom:...

 in Arosa
Arosa
Arosa is a town and a municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is both a summer and a winter tourist resort.-History:...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
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 she won silver in the Parallel Giant Slalom competition.

She won the Parallel Giant Slalom competition of the 2009–10 FIS Snowboard World Cup
2009–10 FIS Snowboard World Cup
The 2009–10 FIS Snowboard World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for snowboarding. The season started on 9 October 2009 and lasted until 17 March 2010. The World Cup was organised by the FIS who also run world cups and championships in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, nordic...

 in Sudelfeld, Germany
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Personal life

Kober tells in an interview after the half final of the Snowboard Competition at 2010 Winter Olympics that she is pregnant: "It is true that I deny this season, more than one race, because I will becoming Mom."

External links

Official website
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