Melanie Meilinger
Melanie Meilinger | |||||||
nation | Austria | ||||||
birthday | 27th June 1991 (age 29) | ||||||
place of birth | Mühlbach am Hochkönig | ||||||
Career | |||||||
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discipline | Aerials, moguls | ||||||
Trainer | Aleš Špan | ||||||
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup | |||||||
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last change: March 18, 2020 |
Melanie Meilinger (born June 27, 1991 in Mühlbach am Hochkönig ) is an Austrian freestyle skier . It starts in the mogul slope discipline .
Meilinger started her sporting career as an alpine ski racing driver and switched to freestyle as a lateral entrant. She financed her World Cup participation through crowdfunding projects. She has been taking part in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup since the 2012/13 season and on February 26, 2017, she reached 15th place in the Dual Moguls discipline in Thaiwoo .
On March 8, 2014, February 15, 2015 and February 20, 2016 she became Austrian national champion in the Moguls discipline, and in 2015 also in the Dual Moguls discipline. Meilinger represented Austria at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang . She reached the 26th place in the Phoenix Snow Park.
Web links
- Presence on Facebook
- Melanie Meilinger in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ As a solo artist at Olympia 2018 ( Memento from February 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ A b Regional Media Austria: Melanie Meilinger: "I want to complete the course of my life" . In: mein district.at . February 2, 2018 ( mein district.at [accessed February 18, 2018]).
- ↑ Salzburg ski freestyler Melanie Meilinger "opens" the Olympics for Austria in a sporty way . In: salzburg24.at . February 9, 2018 ( salzburg24.at [accessed February 18, 2018]).
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SURNAME | Meilinger, Melanie |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian freestyle skier |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mühlbach am Hochkönig , State of Salzburg , Austria |