Philipp Schoch

Philipp Schoch
nation	Switzerland
birthday	October 12, 1979
place of birth	Winterthur
Career
discipline	Parallel giant slalom, parallel slalom
society	SC Fischental
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 0 × 2 × 0 × National championships 1 × 1 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold 2002 Salt Lake City Parallel giant slalom gold 2006 Turin Parallel giant slalom  Snowboard world championships silver 2007 Arosa Parallel giant slalom silver 2007 Arosa Parallel slalom National snowboard championships gold 2003 Sils Parallel giant slalom silver 2006 Sils Parallel giant slalom
Placements
World cup
Debut in the World Cup December 2, 2000  World Cup victories 15th  Overall World Cup 2. ( 2005/06 )  Parallel World Cup 1st ( 2004/05 )  PGS World Cup 7th ( 2012/13 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Parallel 15th 5 6th
last change: September 6, 2014

Philipp Schoch (born October 12, 1979 in Winterthur ) is a former Swiss snowboarder . He spent his youth together with his brother Simon Schoch in the Tössbergland in the Zurich Oberland . His father ran a ski lift there. His current place of residence is Steg im Fischenthal .

He won the gold medal in the parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , ahead of the Swede Richard Rikardsson . Four years later, at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , he was able to defend his gold medal and won just ahead of his brother Simon Schoch . At the 2007 World Cup in Arosa , he won the silver medal in the same discipline and in the parallel slalom; these successes came as a surprise due to his severe back pain.

After winning the Olympic gold medal in the parallel giant slalom twice, he missed qualifying for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . Because of back problems, he was only able to start the season late. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , he started the parallel slalom with pain and retired after a fall. With that Schoch ended his active sports career.

Sporting successes

• Olympic champion in parallel giant slalom in Turin 2006
• Olympic champion in parallel giant slalom in Salt Lake City 2002
• World Cup silver medal in the parallel giant slalom and in the parallel slalom in Arosa 2007
• Swiss champion in parallel giant slalom 2002, 2003
• Alpine World Cup winner 2005
• 5th place world ranking 2003
• 1. Lords of the Boards 2000

FIS World Cup

• 1st place parallel giant slalom in Lake Placid 2006
• 1st place parallel giant slalom in Kronplatz 2006
• 1st place parallel giant slalom in Kreischberg 2006
• 1st place parallel giant slalom in Le Relais 2005
• 1st place parallel giant slalom in Tandadalen 2005
• 1st place parallel slalom in the Sierra Nevada 2005
• 1st place parallel giant slalom in Lake Placid 2005
• 1st place parallel slalom in Sungwoo Resort 2005
• 1st place parallel slalom in Sapporo-Makomanai 2005
• 1st place parallel slalom in Winterberg 2005
• 1st place parallel giant slalom in Maribor 2005
• 1st place parallel slalom in Bad Gastein 2004
• 1st place parallel giant slalom in Kronplatz 2004
• 1st place parallel giant slalom in Sölden 2004
• 1st place parallel giant slalom in Stoneham 2002

ISF tour

• 2nd place ISF Tour Leysin 2002
• 1st place ISF-Tour Stoneham 2001

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The bitter end of the Schoch brothers Simon misinformed, Philipp back kaputt blick.ch, (accessed on March 31, 2014)

Web links

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