Markus Keller (snowboarder)

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Markus Keller Snowboard
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday 6th December 1982 (age 37)
place of birth Davos , Switzerland
size 170 cm
Weight 75 kg
Career
discipline halfpipe
society Davos
National squad since 2004
status active
Medal table
FIS World Championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Snowboard world championships
gold 2003 Kreischberg halfpipe
Placements
FIS logo World cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 9, 2002
 World Cup victories 1
 Halfpipe World Cup 17th ( 2008/09 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 halfpipe 1 0 1
TTR logo TTR World Snowboard Tour
 TTR debut December 28, 2005
 TTR victories 1
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 TTR 1 1 0
last change: January 27, 2010

Markus (Mä) Keller (born December 6, 1982 in Davos ) is a Swiss snowboarder .

In 2003 he became world champion in the halfpipe at the Snowboard World Championship on Kreischberg . At the 2002 World Cup he was third. In 2006 he became Swiss champion in the halfpipe, in 2002 Swiss champion in freestyle.

On March 14, 2009 Markus Keller won his first World Cup victory. He won the halfpipe event in La Molina in Spain. Thanks to this result, he was finally nominated for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . Prior to that, in 2004, with a third place in Kreischberg, he first reached the podium in a World Cup competition.

In addition to the FIS Tour, he is also taking part in the Ticket to Ride World Snowboard Tour , where he won the “ Crans Montana Champs Open” slopestyle competition in Switzerland in 2007 .

Markus Keller lives in Bottighofen on Lake Constance .

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personal data
SURNAME Keller, Markus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keller, Mä (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss snowboarder
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Davos