Kai Mahler
Kai Mahler 
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| birthday | September 11, 1995 | |||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Fischenthal | |||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Halfpipe, slopestyle, big air | |||||||||||||||
| status | active | |||||||||||||||
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Kai Mahler (born September 11, 1995 in Fischenthal ) is a Swiss freestyle skier . He starts in the freestyle disciplines.
Career
Mahler has been participating in FIS and AFP World Tour competitions since 2010 . In February 2011 he won his first victory in the Slopestyle at the Austrian Freeskiing Open Rookies in Kaprun . He made his debut in the World Cup in January 2011 on Kreischberg , which he finished in fifth place in the halfpipe competition. At the 2011 World Championships in Park City , he finished 16th in the halfpipe competition. At the beginning of the 2011/12 season he won the silver medal in Big Air at the New Zealand Winter Games in Cardrona . As the season progressed, he came second in Big Air at freestyle.ch in Zurich , at the Budapest Fridge Festival and in Slopestyle at the Swiss Championships in Val d'Illiez . In January 2012 he won the gold medal in the halfpipe competition at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Kühtai and the silver medal in Big Air at the subsequent Winter X Games 2012 in Aspen . The following month he won Big Air at the Frostgun Invitational in Val Thorens . At the Junior World Championships 2012 in Chiesa in Valmalenco he was Junior World Champion in Slopestyle. At the end of the season he won the Big Air at Nine Knights in Livigno and thus achieved third place in the AFP World Tour Big Air ranking.
The following season, Mahler took third place at the Relentless Freeze Festival in London and won the Winter Dew Tour in Breckenridge . As in the previous year, he won the silver medal in Big Air at the Winter X Games 2013. In January 2014, he finished third in slopestyle at the US Grand Prix and World Cup in Breckenridge . In the same month he won the bronze medal in Big Air at the Winter X Games 2014 in Aspen . In his first Olympic participation in 2014 in Sochi , he came in 16th place in the first-ever slopestyle competition. In March 2014 he reached third place in slopestyle at the European Freeski Open in Laax . At the Winter X Games 2015 in Aspen he finished fourth in Big Air. The following year he came fifth at the Winter X Games 2016 in Aspen and fourth place in Big Air at the X Games Oslo 2016 In March 2016 he came third in the Slopestyle at the Spring Battle in Flachauwinkl .
At the beginning of the 2016/17 season, Mahler won his first World Cup victory at Big Air in Milan . In January 2017 he won the bronze medal in Big Air at the Winter X Games 2017 in Aspen . At the following World Cup in Québec , he won the World Cup again. At the X-Games Norway 2017 in Hafjell , he achieved 16th place in Big Air. At the end of the season he was Swiss Big Air Champion, tenth place in the overall World Cup and fourth place in the Big Air World Cup.
successes
2010/11 season
- 1st place Austrian Freeskiing Open Rookies in Kaprun , Slopestyle
2011/12 season
- 1st place at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Kühtai , halfpipe
- 1st place Frostgun Invitational in Val Thorens , Big Air
- 1st place Junior World Championships 2012 in Chiesa in Valmalenco , Slopestyle
- 1st place Nine Knights in Livigno , Big Air
- 2nd place New Zealand Winter Games in Cardrona , Big Air
- 2nd place freestyle.ch in Zurich , Big Air
- 2nd place Fridge Festival in Budapest , Big Air
- 2nd place Winter X Games 2012 in Aspen , Big Air
- 2nd place Swiss Championships in Val d'Illiez , Slopestyle
- 3rd place AFP World Tour Big Air ranking
2012/13 season
- 1st place Winter Dew Tour in Breckenridge , Big Air
- 2nd place Winter X Games 2013 in Aspen , Big Air
- 3rd place at the Relentless Freeze Festival in London , Big Air
2013/14 season
- 3rd place FIS World Cup and US Grand Prix in Breckenridge , Slopestyle
- 3rd place Winter X Games 2014 in Aspen , Big Air
- 3rd place European Freeski Open in Laax , Slopestyle
2015/16 season
- 3rd place Absolut Park Spring Battle in Flachauwinkl , Slopestyle
Season 2016/17
- 1st place FIS World Cup in Milan , Big Air
- 1st place FIS World Cup in Québec , Big Air
- 1st place Swiss championships and European Cup in Silvaplana , Big Air
- 3rd place Winter X Games 2017 in Aspen , Big Air
Web links
- Kai Mahler in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
- Kai Mahler in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile of Kai Mahler on afpworldtour.com
- Profile of Kai Mahler on xgames.espn.go.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Big Air Swiss Champions 2017 have been chosen ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on swiss-ski.ch (accessed on May 25, 2017)
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| SURNAME | Mahler, Kai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss freestyle skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1995 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fischenthal |