Julia Krass

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Julia Krass Freestyle skiing
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday 7th June 1997 (age 23)
place of birth Danbury , New Hampshire , United States
Career
discipline Halfpipe, slopestyle
status active
Medal table
World championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships
silver 2019 Park City Big Air
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 12, 2013
 Overall World Cup 36th ( 2018/19 )
 Slopestyle World Cup 7. (2018/19)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Slopestyle 0 0 1
last change: March 31, 2019

Julia Krass (born June 7, 1997 in Danbury , New Hampshire ) is an American freestyle skier . She starts in the disciplines halfpipe , slopestyle and big air .

Career

Krass has been taking part in competitions on the AFP World Tour and the FIS since 2011 . She achieved her first podium finishes in February 2011 at The North Face Park and Pipe Open Series in Waterville Valley with second place in the halfpipe and in slopestyle. In the 2011/12 season she won third place in slopestyle on the US Revolution Tour in Otsego and Mount Snow and second place in slopestyle in January 2013 in North Star . She made her World Cup debut in January 2013 in Copper Mountain , which she finished in 35th place in slopestyle. At the Junior World Championships 2013 in Chiesa in Valmalenco she was fifth in slopestyle. In the 2013/14 season she won the US Grand Prix in Park City and the North Face Park and Pipe Open Series at Heavenly Mountain Resort in slopestyle and came third in slopestyle on the Dew Tour in Breckenridge . At the season highlight, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , she finished 11th in slopestyle. The following year she was fifth in slopestyle at the Winter X Games in Aspen .

At the end of January 2019, Krass achieved her first podium finish in the World Cup with third place in slopestyle on the Alpe di Siusi . She won the silver medal in Big Air at the 2019 World Championships in Park City .

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