Kurt Günther's father, who is 165 cm tall from Salzburg, was a Bundesliga ice hockey player, which is why the snowboarder grew up enjoying winter sports. She skied for the first time when she was three years old. In 1992 she became acquainted with snowboarding . Günther competed in her first competitions in 1994. In 1996 she graduated from high school and began studying sports science , which she is currently (2006) only pursuing to a limited extent because she wants to concentrate on her sport.