Melanie Meilinger

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Melanie Meilinger Freestyle skiing
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday 27th June 1991 (age 29)
place of birth Mühlbach am Hochkönig
Career
discipline Aerials, moguls
Trainer Aleš Špan
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup December 15, 2012
 Overall World Cup 143rd ( 2019/20 )
 Mughal World Cup 35th (2019/20)
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.

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Individual evidence

  1. As a solo artist at Olympia 2018 ( Memento from February 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ 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]).
  3. 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]).