Konstantin Schad is a professional snowboarder. He starts for SC Miesbach and has been a member of Germany's national snowboard team since 2004. In 2002 he competed in his first international junior race, in 2003 his first FIS race. At the end of 2003 he contested his first European Cup race in the parallel giant slalom in Berchtesgaden and was 71st. At the beginning of 2004, the first race in the Snowboard Cross European Cup followed in Bad Gastein , where he was 45th. At the Junior World Championships in 2005 in Zermatt , he was 45 in snowboard cross. In early 2006, he won an FIS race for the first time in Tale . In Vivaldi Park he was tenth of the Junior World Championships in 2006. In 2007, Schad took part in the World Championships for the first time in Arosa and finished 42nd. A little later he contested his first World Cup race in Furano and was 41st. In 2007 he took part in the junior competitions for the last time. Participated in world championships and was not only 71st in snowboard cross, but also 25th in the big air competition in Bad Gastein . In March 2008, Schad finished seventh in the top ten in the European Snowboard Cross Cup for the first time in Lenk , and in January 2009, fourth in Bad Gastein, he not only scored points in the World Cup for the first time, but also narrowly missed a first podium finish. The highlight of his career was his participation in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , where he finished 33rd. He placed better at the Snowboard World Championships 2011 in La Molina as 18th. Shortly afterwards he won the title at the Winter Universiade 2011 in Erzurum . At the beginning of 2012, Schad won a European Cup race for the first time in Breuil-Cervinia , and also a first race in the World Cup at the finale of the season in Valmalenco . In the overall snowboard cross ranking, he took fourth place. By the end of the 2011/12 season, Schad had made it into the points in 18 World Cup races and thus in half of his appearances, six of them in the top ten. At the 2013 Snowboard World Championships in Stoneham , he came 26th in snowboard cross. In February 2013 he became German champion in snowboard cross.
On December 8, 2013, Konstantin Schad and his national team colleague Paul Berg won the team event at the FIS World Cup opener in Schruns and thus achieved his second World Cup victory. He won the bronze medal at the Winter X Games 2014 in Aspen shortly before the Olympic Games in Sochi . At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he reached 13th place in snowboard cross. At the beginning of the 2014/15 season, he won two European Cups. At the 2015 Snowboard World Championships on Kreischberg , he finished 19th. His best placement of the season in the World Cup was tenth place in Veysonnaz . In the 2015/16 season he made eight appearances in the World Cup, twice in the top ten and at the end of the season he finished 12th in the Snowboard Cross World Cup. He won the bronze medal at the Winter X Games 2016 .
Konstantin Schad is the great-grandson of the writer Jo Hanns Rösler .
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