Manuela Riegler

Manuela Riegler
nation	Austria
birthday	June 15, 1974
place of birth	Schwarzach im Pongau
Career
discipline	Parallel giant slalom, parallel slalom, snowboard cross
society	USC Flachau
status	resigned
End of career	2010
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × 2 × 1 × National championships 5 × 2 × 1 ×
Snowboard world championships silver 1996 Lienz Giant slalom silver 1997 San Candido Snowboard cross bronze 2001 Madonna di Campiglio Parallel giant slalom gold 2005 Whistler Parallel giant slalom
Placements
World cup
Debut in the World Cup November 24, 1994  World Cup victories 12  Overall World Cup 1. ( 1998/99 , 1999/2000 )  Parallel World Cup 2. ( 1999/2000 )  Snowboard cross world cup 2. ( 1996/97 , 1997/98 , 1998/99 )  PGS World Cup 2. ( 1999/2000 )  GS World Cup 3rd ( 1999/2000 )  PSL World Cup 14. ( 2001/02 )  SL World Cup 3. ( 1995/96 , 1997/98 , 1998/99 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Parallel 7th 11 9  Otherwise. Racing disciplines 1 5 5  Snowboard cross 4th 9 5

Manuela Riegler (born June 15, 1974 in Schwarzach ) is a former Austrian snowboarder .

Riegler was vice world champion at the 1996 snowboard world championship in giant slalom and at the 1997 world championship in snowboard cross . At the 2001 World Championships she won bronze in the parallel giant slalom. In 2005 she became world champion in the same discipline.

In the 1995/96 season she was second in the overall World Cup, and third in the following season. In 1998/99 and 1999/2000 she was able to achieve the overall World Cup victory. Riegler is currently the athlete with the most starts in the World Cup.

Her older sister Claudia (not to be confused with the Salzburg alpine skier Claudia Riegler, who started for New Zealand ) is also active as a snowboard professional.

Awards (excerpt)

• 1999: Silver Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 2005: Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria

Web links

• Manuela Riegler in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
• Manuela Riegler in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )