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Manuela Riegler (born 15 June 1974) is an Austrian
snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...
. She was born in
Schwarzach im Pongau Schwarzach im Pongau is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Geography It is located in the valley of the Salzach river, between the Hohe Tauern mountain range (Goldberg and Ankogel groups) in th ...
, and is a sister Claudia Riegler. She competed in women's parallel giant slalom at the
2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...
, and she competed at the
2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...
, in parallel giant slalom. She won a silver medal in giant slalom at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 1996, a silver medal in snowboard cross at the
FIS Snowboarding World Championships 1997 The FIS Snowboarding World Championships 1997 took place between January 21 and January 26 in Innichen, Italy. Results Men's results Snowboard Cross Giant Slalom Parallel Slalom Slalom Halfpipe Women's Events Snowboard Cross Gi ...
, a bronze medal in parallel giant slalom at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2001, and a gold medal in parallel giant slalom at the
FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2005 The FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2005 took place between January 16 and January 22 in Whistler-Blackcomb, near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The venues would be part of the 2010 Winter Olympics at Cypress Mountain. Results Men's r ...
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* 1974 births Living people People from St. Johann im Pongau District Austrian female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Austria Snowboarders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Salzburg (federal state) {{Austria-snowboarding-bio-stub