Siegfried "Sigi" Grabner (born 4 February 1975, in Waiern, Carinthia) is an

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n professional

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 Paralympi ...

. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in

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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

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Alpine Team. In 2003 he won the Parallel Giant Slalom World Championship in

Kreischberg Kreischberg is an Austrian ski resort in Styria, Austria. The area includes the adjacent Rosenkranzhöhe and offers 40 kilometres of slopes altogether. In December 2013, Kreischberg was considered the first 10-seater gondola in Styria. In recent ye ...

. In 2005 he ranked third in

Whistler, British Columbia Whistler ( Lillooet/Ucwalmícwts: Cwitima, ; Squamish/Sḵwx̱wú7mesh: Sḵwiḵw, ) is a resort municipality in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mo ...

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

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

La Massana La Massana (; originally ''La Maçana'') is one of the seven parishes of the Principality of Andorra. It is located in the northwest of the country. La Massana is also the name of the main town of the parish. The name Massana derives from the Lati ...

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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 (state) {{Austria-snowboarding-bio-stub