Tanja Frieden

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Tanja Frieden
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday February 6, 1976
place of birth BernSwitzerland
Career
discipline Snowboard cross
society Adelboarders
status resigned
End of career 2010
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
National medals 0 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 2006 Turin Snowboard cross
Placements
FIS logo World cup
 Debut in the World Cup November 13, 1997
 World Cup victories 1
 Overall World Cup 18th ( 2005/06 )
 Snowboard cross world cup 2. ( 2006/07 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Snowboard cross 1 2 7th
 

Tanja Frieden (born February 6, 1976 in Bern ) is a former Swiss snowboarder and Olympic champion. Today she works as a speaker, coach and mental trainer and is president of the Swiss snow sports initiative.

Career

She contested her first World Cup race in 1997. Since winning the silver medal at the European Championships in 2000, she has been among the world's best. She celebrated her greatest success at the 2006 Winter Olympics when she won the gold medal in the first ever snowboard cross discipline in Bardonecchia on February 17th . Until shortly before the finish she was well behind Lindsey Jacobellis , who fell on the penultimate jump after a failed show and had to leave the victory to the Swiss. Just one day earlier, the American Seth Wescott , with whom Frieden had been dating for a long time, had also become Olympic champion in boardercross. She was named Swiss Sportswoman of the Year 2006.

During a qualification run for the Boardercross World Cup in Stoneham , Tanja Frieden had a serious fall on January 20, 2010. She sustained a shoulder injury and torn Achilles tendons on both sides . On January 26, 2010, she announced her retirement from competitive sports.

Private

Tanja grew up in Thun, her mother Kari came from Norway , which is why she started for this country at the beginning of her career. She attended the teachers' seminar there and then worked part-time as a teacher at the beginning of her career before becoming a professional snowboarder. She has lived in Thun with her partner Marc Ramseier since August 2015 and has had a son with him since January 30, 2016. She has been giving motivational seminars and training courses for women since 2016.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Tanja Frieden Wins 1st Snowboard Cross Gold Medal. In: olympic.org. January 9, 2017, accessed February 4, 2017 .
  2. Ralf Meile: Tanja Frieden is already happy about silver when Jacobellis gives her gold. In: watson.ch. February 17, 2006, accessed February 4, 2017 .
  3. Federer wins election superior. The tennis star and Tanja Frieden athlete of the year 2006. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . December 16, 2006, accessed February 4, 2017 .
  4. Olympic champion Tanja Frieden will be a mom! In: schweizer-illustrierte.ch. August 10, 2015, accessed February 4, 2017 .
  5. Tanja Frieden became a mom for the first time. In: schweizer-illustrierte.ch. February 4, 2016, accessed February 4, 2017 .
  6. Tanja Frieden shows her little son Luam. In: schweizer-illustrierte.ch. March 7, 2016, accessed February 4, 2017 .
  7. ^ Seminar with Olympic champion Tanja Frieden. In: bauernzeitung.ch. November 18, 2016, accessed February 4, 2017 .
  8. Tanja Frieden Seminar leader Conscious and Healthy. In : awaregesund.ch. March 4, 2010, accessed February 4, 2017 .