Manuela Berchtold (born 27 May 1977) is an Australian

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, who represented Australia at the

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and

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. She competed in the women's moguls and placed 27th in 2002. She was hampered by injuries between Olympics and had a knee reconstruction. In 2006, she came 16th in the qualifying round to make the finals, where she came 14th. She then retired. Berchtold now owns and operates a gymnasium, High Country Fitness, in Jindabyne, New South Wales.

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Australian female freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for Australia Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Living people 1977 births Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub