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'''Anna Gasser''' (born 16 August 1991) is an Austrian [[Snowboarding|snowboarder]], competing in [[slopestyle]] and [[big air]]. She lives in [[Millstatt]].<ref name="wst">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnowboardtour.com/riders/anna-gasser/?show=points_list-ss|title=Anna Gasser|publisher=World Snowboard Tour|accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympia.at/main.asp?VID=1&kat1=64&kat2=638&kat3=557&Text=&TEID=863|title=Profile at the website of Austrian Olympic Committee|publisher=Austrian Olympic Committee|language=German|accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref> She is the 2018 and 2022 Olympic Champion in Big Air.


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'''Anna Gasser''' (born 16 August 1991) is an Austrian [[Snowboarding|snowboarder]], competing in [[slopestyle]] and [[big air]]. She lives in [[Millstatt]].<ref name="wst">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsnowboardtour.com/riders/anna-gasser/?show=points_list-ss |title=Anna Gasser |publisher=World Snowboard Tour |accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympia.at/main.asp?VID=1&kat1=64&kat2=638&kat3=557&Text=&TEID=863 |title=Profile at the website of Austrian Olympic Committee |publisher=Austrian Olympic Committee |language=German |accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref> She is the 2018 and 2022 Olympic Champion in Big air.
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Gasser qualified for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] and showed the best result in the [[Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle|qualification round]], directly qualifying for the final.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snowboard-derungs-stars-women-39-s-slopestyle-jones-121450392--spt.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140206143531/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snowboard-derungs-stars-women-39-s-slopestyle-jones-121450392--spt.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 February 2014 |title=Snowboard – Derungs and Gasser star, GB's Jones misses out in slopestyle |date=6 February 2014 |publisher=Reuters |accessdate=6 February 2014 }}</ref><ref name="FIS">{{FIS|S=SB|ID=185136}}</ref> In 2017 Gasser won Gold in the Big Air event at the Snowboard World Championships in Spain.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/39307110|title='She's got 100!' Anna Gasser wins spectacular Big Air title|date=2017-03-17|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2017-03-24|language=en-GB}}</ref> Gasser also had a successful 2017 X Games performance winning gold in Slopestyle <ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/video/18873381/anna-gasser-wins-women-snowboard-slopestyle-gold|title=Anna Gasser wins Women's Snowboard Slopestyle gold|website=X Games|access-date=2017-03-24}}</ref> and bronze in Big Air in Hafjell,<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/video/18883082/anna-gasser-wins-women-snowboard-big-air-bronze|title=Anna Gasser wins Women's Snowboard Big Air bronze|website=X Games|access-date=2017-03-24}}</ref> and silver for Big Air in Aspen.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/video/18562973/anna-gasser-wins-women-snowboard-big-air-silver|title=Anna Gasser wins Women's Snowboard Big Air silver|website=X Games|access-date=2017-03-24}}</ref>

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Gasser qualified for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] and showed the best result in the [[Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle|qualification round]], directly qualifying for the final.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snowboard-derungs-stars-women-39-s-slopestyle-jones-121450392--spt.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140206143531/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snowboard-derungs-stars-women-39-s-slopestyle-jones-121450392--spt.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 February 2014 |title=Snowboard – Derungs and Gasser star, GB's Jones misses out in slopestyle |date=6 February 2014 |publisher=Reuters |accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="FIS">{{FIS|S=SB|ID=185136}}</ref> In 2017 Gasser won Gold in the Big air event at the Snowboard World Championships in Spain.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/39307110 |title='She's got 100!' Anna Gasser wins spectacular Big Air title |date=2017-03-17 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=2017-03-24 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Gasser also had a successful 2017 X Games performance winning gold in Slopestyle <ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/video/18873381/anna-gasser-wins-women-snowboard-slopestyle-gold |title=Anna Gasser wins Women's Snowboard Slopestyle gold |website=X Games |access-date=2017-03-24 |archive-date=24 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824135236/http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/video/18873381/anna-gasser-wins-women-snowboard-slopestyle-gold |url-status=dead}}</ref> and bronze in Big air in Hafjell,<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/video/18883082/anna-gasser-wins-women-snowboard-big-air-bronze |title=Anna Gasser wins Women's Snowboard Big Air bronze |website=X Games |access-date=2017-03-24 |archive-date=24 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824135220/http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/video/18883082/anna-gasser-wins-women-snowboard-big-air-bronze |url-status=dead}}</ref> and silver for Big air in Aspen.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |url=http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/video/18562973/anna-gasser-wins-women-snowboard-big-air-silver |title=Anna Gasser wins Women's Snowboard Big Air silver |website=X Games |access-date=2017-03-24 |archive-date=24 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824172832/http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/video/18562973/anna-gasser-wins-women-snowboard-big-air-silver |url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Anna Gasser started to compete in snowboarding in the 2010/2011 season.<ref name="wst"/> Before competing in slopestyle Gasser was part of the Austrian National Gymnastics Team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3090204/anna-gasser|title=Anna Gasser's official X Games athlete biography|website=X Games|access-date=2017-03-24}}</ref> At [[FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013 – Women's slopestyle|FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013]] Gasser finished 18th. Her best World Cup result and the only podium finish before the 2014 Olympics was the third-place finish in Stoneham on 19 January 2014.<ref name="FIS"/>
Gasser first began snowboarding at age 18. After graduating high school, she moved to the United States to train at [[Mammoth Mountain]], despite not knowing English well. Gasser worked as a babysitter to save enough money to afford the move to the United States to train all winter.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Goodwin |first=Michael |date=2020-10-28 |title=Triple Threat: The Anna Gasser Interview |url=https://www.snowboarder.com/featured/triple-threat-the-anna-gasser-interview |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Snowboarder |language=en}}</ref> She started to compete in snowboarding in the 2010/2011 season, at age 21.<ref name="wst"/> Before competing in slopestyle, Gasser was part of the Austrian National Gymnastics Team, but quit at age 15 because she did not like the demanding training schedule. She said she preferred snowboarding because "no one tells you what to do", and that her previous gymnastics training allowed her to transition easily into doing snowboard tricks in the air.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3090204/anna-gasser |title=Anna Gasser's official X Games athlete biography |website=X Games |access-date=2017-03-24 |archive-date=3 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303062816/http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3090204/anna-gasser |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anna Gasser Biography |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/anna-gasser |access-date=9 June 2023 |website=Olympics}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> At [[FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013 – Women's slopestyle|FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013]] Gasser finished 18th. Her best World Cup result and the only podium finish before the 2014 Olympics was the third-place finish in Stoneham on 19 January 2014.<ref name="FIS"/>


In November 2013, Gasser became the first female snowboarder to perform a ''Cab Double Cork 900'' kicker, a double salto backwards with a half-turn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whitelines.com/videos/wltv/anna-gasser-makes-history-with-first-womens-double-cork-on-a-kicker.html|title=Anna Gasser Makes History with First Women's Double Cork on a Kicker|last=Kennedy|first=Tristan|date=7 November 2013|publisher=Whitelines|accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/sport/wintersport/snowboarderin-gasser-schafft-cab-double-cork-900-a-931960.html|title=Snowboarderin Anna Gasser: Die erste Frau, die den "Double Cork 900" schafft|publisher=Spiegel Online|language=German|accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pyramidmagazine.com/features/milk-teeth-anna-gasser/|title=Anna Gasser Milk Teeth Interview|date=12 February 2015|publisher=Pyramid Magazine|accessdate=11 June 2016}}</ref>
In November 2013, Gasser became the first female snowboarder to perform a ''Cab Double Cork 900'' kicker, a double salto backwards with a half-turn.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://whitelines.com/videos/wltv/anna-gasser-makes-history-with-first-womens-double-cork-on-a-kicker.html |title=Anna Gasser Makes History with First Women's Double Cork on a Kicker |last=Kennedy |first=Tristan |date=7 November 2013 |publisher=Whitelines |accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/sport/wintersport/snowboarderin-gasser-schafft-cab-double-cork-900-a-931960.html |title=Snowboarderin Anna Gasser: Die erste Frau, die den "Double Cork 900" schafft |publisher=Spiegel Online |language=German |accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pyramidmagazine.com/features/milk-teeth-anna-gasser/ |title=Anna Gasser Milk Teeth Interview |date=12 February 2015 |publisher=Pyramid Magazine |accessdate=11 June 2016}}</ref>


Gasser won 3 X Games medals in the 2017 season.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> She also won Gold in slopestyle at the Burton US Open<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.redbull.com/en/snow/stories/1331848330710/burton-us-open-2017-anna-gasser-wins-slopestyle|title=See Anna Gasser reach new levels in snowboarding|last=Wernhart|first=Tommi|access-date=2017-03-24|language=en}}</ref> and Gold at the snowboarding World Championships receiving a score of 100.<ref name=":0" />
Gasser won 3 X Games medals in the 2017 season.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> She also won gold in slopestyle at the Burton US Open<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.redbull.com/en/snow/stories/1331848330710/burton-us-open-2017-anna-gasser-wins-slopestyle |title=See Anna Gasser reach new levels in snowboarding |last=Wernhart |first=Tommi |access-date=2017-03-24 |language=en}}</ref> and Gold at the snowboarding World Championships receiving a score of 100.<ref name=":0" />


In 2018 Gasser became the first woman to land a cab triple underflip.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/winter-sports/46203755 |title=Snowboarder Anna Gasser makes history by becoming first woman to land a cab triple underflip - BBC Sport |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2018 |accessdate=2018-11-14}}</ref>
In 2018 Gasser became the first woman to land a cab triple underflip.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/winter-sports/46203755 |title=Snowboarder Anna Gasser makes history by becoming first woman to land a cab triple underflip - BBC Sport |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2018 |accessdate=2018-11-14}}</ref>

At the [[FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021|2023 World Championships]] in [[Bakuriani]], Georgia, Gasser won the gold in the big air event.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2023 |title=Austrian Snowboarder Anna Gasser Adds Big Air World Championship Glory to Growing Title Haul in Bakuriani, Georgia |url=https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Eurosport}}</ref>


===2014 Winter Olympics===
===2014 Winter Olympics===
Gasser qualified first for the slopestyle final event. However, for the final event, she fell in both runs and was classified tenth. [[Aimee Fuller]] who was a British competitor who had been eliminated earlier joined the [[BBC Sport]] team for the final of her event which included Gasser.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|last1=Heritage|first1=Stuart|title=The BBC Sochi team delivered BEAUTIFUL! SOLID! COMMENTARY!|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/11/bbc-sochi-snowboarding-commentary-aimee-fuller-ed-leigh-tim-warwood|accessdate=9 August 2014|work=The Guardian|date=11 February 2014}}</ref> Fuller and the other members of the commentary team, [[Ed Leigh]] and [[Tim Warwood]] were criticised for their reaction when Gasser fell during her final run. The incident drew more than 300 complaints.<ref name="guardian" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Olympic snowboarding commentary draws complaints|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26116848|accessdate=9 August 2014|work=BBC News|date=10 February 2014}}</ref>
Gasser qualified first for the slopestyle final event. However, she fell in both runs for the final event and was classified tenth. [[Aimee Fuller]] who was a British competitor who had been eliminated earlier, joined the [[BBC Sport]] team for the final of her event, which included Gasser.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |last1=Heritage |first1=Stuart |title=The BBC Sochi team delivered BEAUTIFUL! SOLID! COMMENTARY! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/11/bbc-sochi-snowboarding-commentary-aimee-fuller-ed-leigh-tim-warwood |accessdate=9 August 2014 |work=The Guardian |date=11 February 2014}}</ref> Fuller and the other members of the commentary team, [[Ed Leigh]] and [[Tim Warwood]] were criticised for their reaction when Gasser fell during her final run. The incident drew more than 300 complaints.<ref name="guardian" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Olympic snowboarding commentary draws complaints |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26116848 |accessdate=9 August 2014 |work=BBC News |date=10 February 2014}}</ref>


===2018 Winter Olympics===
===2018 Winter Olympics===
Anna Gasser won gold in the inaugural Big Air event with a total score of 185 points. She also competed in the women's slopestyle final where she finished 15th.
Anna Gasser won gold in the inaugural Big air event with a total score of 185 points. She also competed in the women's slopestyle final, where she finished 15th.


===2022 Winter Olympics===
===2022 Winter Olympics===
She successfully defended her Olympic Big Air title by landing a Cab Double Cork 1260 in her final run.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anna Gasser secures gold again in snowboarding big air at Beijing Olympics|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/33292122/anna-gasser-secures-gold-again-snowboarding-big-air-beijing-olympics|accessdate=15 February 2022|work=ESPN|date=15 February 2022}}</ref>
She successfully defended her Olympic Big air title by landing a Cab Double Cork 1260 in her final run.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anna Gasser secures gold again in snowboarding big air at Beijing Olympics |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/33292122/anna-gasser-secures-gold-again-snowboarding-big-air-beijing-olympics |accessdate=15 February 2022 |work=ESPN |date=15 February 2022}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* {{FIS snowboarder}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{X Games profile|new_id=anna-gasser}}


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Latest revision as of 12:37, 2 November 2024

Anna Gasser
Gasser in 2017
Personal information
Born (1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 (age 33)[1]
Villach, Austria
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[2]
Sport
CountryAustria
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Slopestyle, Big air
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Big air
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Big air
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sierra Nevada Big air
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bakuriani Big air
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kreischberg Slopestyle
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Hafjell Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aspen Big air
Silver medal – second place 2017 Aspen Big air
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Hafjell Big air

Anna Gasser (born 16 August 1991) is an Austrian snowboarder, competing in slopestyle and big air. She lives in Millstatt.[3][4] She is the 2018 and 2022 Olympic Champion in Big air.

Gasser qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics and showed the best result in the qualification round, directly qualifying for the final.[5][6] In 2017 Gasser won Gold in the Big air event at the Snowboard World Championships in Spain.[7] Gasser also had a successful 2017 X Games performance winning gold in Slopestyle [8] and bronze in Big air in Hafjell,[9] and silver for Big air in Aspen.[10]

Career

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Gasser first began snowboarding at age 18. After graduating high school, she moved to the United States to train at Mammoth Mountain, despite not knowing English well. Gasser worked as a babysitter to save enough money to afford the move to the United States to train all winter.[11] She started to compete in snowboarding in the 2010/2011 season, at age 21.[3] Before competing in slopestyle, Gasser was part of the Austrian National Gymnastics Team, but quit at age 15 because she did not like the demanding training schedule. She said she preferred snowboarding because "no one tells you what to do", and that her previous gymnastics training allowed her to transition easily into doing snowboard tricks in the air.[12][13][11] At FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013 Gasser finished 18th. Her best World Cup result and the only podium finish before the 2014 Olympics was the third-place finish in Stoneham on 19 January 2014.[6]

In November 2013, Gasser became the first female snowboarder to perform a Cab Double Cork 900 kicker, a double salto backwards with a half-turn.[14][15][16]

Gasser won 3 X Games medals in the 2017 season.[10][8][9] She also won gold in slopestyle at the Burton US Open[17] and Gold at the snowboarding World Championships receiving a score of 100.[7]

In 2018 Gasser became the first woman to land a cab triple underflip.[18]

At the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia, Gasser won the gold in the big air event.[19]

2014 Winter Olympics

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Gasser qualified first for the slopestyle final event. However, she fell in both runs for the final event and was classified tenth. Aimee Fuller who was a British competitor who had been eliminated earlier, joined the BBC Sport team for the final of her event, which included Gasser.[20] Fuller and the other members of the commentary team, Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood were criticised for their reaction when Gasser fell during her final run. The incident drew more than 300 complaints.[20][21]

2018 Winter Olympics

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Anna Gasser won gold in the inaugural Big air event with a total score of 185 points. She also competed in the women's slopestyle final, where she finished 15th.

2022 Winter Olympics

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She successfully defended her Olympic Big air title by landing a Cab Double Cork 1260 in her final run.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "Anna Gasser". fis-ski.com. FIS. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Anna Gasser". worldsnowboardtour.com. TTR Pro Snowboarding. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Anna Gasser". World Snowboard Tour. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Profile at the website of Austrian Olympic Committee" (in German). Austrian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Snowboard – Derungs and Gasser star, GB's Jones misses out in slopestyle". Reuters. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  6. ^ a b Anna Gasser at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  7. ^ a b "'She's got 100!' Anna Gasser wins spectacular Big Air title". BBC Sport. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Anna Gasser wins Women's Snowboard Slopestyle gold". X Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Anna Gasser wins Women's Snowboard Big Air bronze". X Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Anna Gasser wins Women's Snowboard Big Air silver". X Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  11. ^ a b Goodwin, Michael (28 October 2020). "Triple Threat: The Anna Gasser Interview". Snowboarder. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
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  13. ^ "Anna Gasser Biography". Olympics. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
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Preceded by Austrian Sportswoman of the year
2017, 2018 		Succeeded by
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