Siegfried "Sigi" Grabner (born 4 February 1975, in Waiern,

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) is an

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n professional

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. At the

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he won bronze in the Parallel Giant Slalom competition. Having won the Junior World Championship 1994 in

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, he decided to go professional. He won the European Championship 1995 in

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, and became part of the Burton Alpine Team. In 2003 he won the Parallel Giant Slalom World Championship in

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. In 2005 he ranked third in

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. In the summer of 2003 Siegfried Grabner wrote a book, ''"Boarder zwischen den Welten"'' (literally ''"Boarder between the worlds"''). He also develops snowboards, with his ''"SG Snowboards"'' available in autumn 2005 in three variants. He won the medal at the

Olympics on one of his ''Torino'' raceboards. Grabner resides in

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World Cup victories

External links

Sigi Grabner – The Official Website

FIS biography
Austrian male snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics People from Feldkirchen District 1975 births Living people Olympic medalists in snowboarding People from La Massana Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Carinthia {{Austria-snowboarding-bio-stub