Armin Niederer (born 28 February 1987) is a

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri *Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internati ...

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails ...

who specializes in the

skicross Ski cross is a skiing competition which incorporates terrain features traditionally found in freestyle skiing with courses which include big-air jumps and high-banked turns. In spite of the fact that it is a timed racing event, it is often con ...

discipline. He made his World Cup debut in January 2007 in

Flaine Flaine is a ski area in the Haute Savoie region of the French Alps, and is a part of the linked Grand Massif domain. It is in the territory of the communes of Magland and Arâches-la-Frasse. Flaine is linked to Samoëns, Morillon, Les Carroz ...

, with a 27th place. He then won a bronze medal at the 2007 Junior World Championships. He finished among the top twenty for the first time in February 2008, with an eighteenth place in

Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primari ...

. In the 2008–09 season he finished among the top twenty in three of his first four races, with the best result being an eleventh place in Lake Placid in January. Retrieved on 1 February 2009. He uses

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* * * * * 1987 births Living people Swiss male freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers of Switzerland 21st-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub