Elena Koenz

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Elena Koenz Snowboard
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday 12th September 1987 (age 32)
place of birth Chur , Switzerland
Career
discipline Halfpipe, slopestyle, big air
society Insti Razzler Ftan
status active
Medal table
World championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
National championships 2 × gold 2 × silver 2 × bronze
FIS Snowboard world championships
gold 2015 Kreischberg Big Air
Placements
FIS logo World cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 11, 2013
 Freestyle World Cup 7. ( 2014/15 )
 Big Air World Cup 7. ( 2014/15 )
 Slopestyle World Cup 5. ( 2014/15 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Slopestyle 0 0 2
TTR logo TTR World Snowboard Tour
 Overall rating 22. (2011/12)
 Slopestyle rating 13. (2013/14)
last change: April 29, 2015

Elena Könz (born September 12, 1987 in Chur ) is a snowboarder from Vnà in the canton of Graubünden .

Career

She started snowboarding at the age of 13 in Scuol in the Lower Engadine and soon achieved her first successes. She has been taking part in the Ticket to Ride World Snowboard Tour competitions since 2007 . In the 2010/11 season she took third places in slopestyle at The Ladies First Challenge in Saas-Fee , at the Rip Curl Sista Sessions in Mayrhofen and the Engadinsnow in St. Moritz . In March 2011 she won the halfpipe at the Catfight by Battery in Levi . At the Snowboard World Championships in Oslo in 2012 , she finished 25th in slopestyle. In March 2012, she came third in slopestyle at the Nescafé Champs in Leysin and at The Ladies First Challenge in Leysin. At the Battery Catfight 2012 in Levi , she took second place in slopestyle and first place on the halfpipe. At the Burton European Open 2014 in Laax , she was third in slopestyle. In January 2014 she was selected for the Swiss team at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi . There she achieved ninth place in slopestyle. At the beginning of the 2014/15 season, she won second place in slopestyle at the O'Neill Pleasure Jam in Schladming . At the 2015 Snowboard World Championships on Kreischberg , she took 18th place in slopestyle. She won gold in the Big Air competition. In April 2015 she became Swiss champion in Big Air. In 2015 she was elected Graubünden Sportswoman of the Year. At the beginning of the 2015/16 season, she came second in the slopestyle at The Mile High in Perisher Blue . At the end of the season she became Swiss champion in Slopestyle and runner-up in Big Air in Corvatsch. At the Snowboard World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada she came 22nd in Big Air and 10th in Slopestyle. In April 2017 she was again Swiss champion in Slopestyle.

Könz successfully completed the F + F School for Art and Media Design Zurich in 2012.

successes

  • 3rd place at the Nescafé Champs Open 2012
  • 2nd place at the Battery Catfight 2012
  • 1st place at the Swiss Championships in Zermatt 2012
  • 4th place at the Copper Grand Prix 2013
  • 3rd place at the Burton European Open 2014
  • 9th place Olympic Games Sochi 2014
  • 1st place Nine Queens Livigno 2014

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.rtr.ch/sport/regiunal/gronda-onur-per-elena-koenz?ns_source=web