Ueli Kestenholz

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Ueli Kestenholz Snowboard
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday May 10, 1975
place of birth Thun ,  SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
size 180 cm
Weight 79 kg
Career
status resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 1998 Nagano Giant slalom
ISF Snowboard world championships
bronze 1995 Davos Alpine
silver 1999 Val di Sole slalom
Placements
FIS logo World cup
 Debut in the World Cup February 14, 1997
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Parallel 0 1 1
 Otherwise. Racing disciplines 0 2 0
 Snowboard cross 0 0 1
 

Ueli Kestenholz (born May 10, 1975 in Thun ) is a Swiss snowboarder and extreme athlete.

He won the bronze medal at the 1995 ISF Snowboard World Championship in Davos . At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , he won bronze in the giant slalom. He also won gold in snowboard cross at the 2003 and 2004 X Games . He was able to win a total of 14 World Cup wins in his career.

After his third Olympic Games in Turin in 2006 , Ueli decided to concentrate on freeriding, film and photo projects from now on. In 2007 he started the Playgravity project with his friend Mathias Roten. The highlight of this multi-sport film, which has won several awards, is the speed ride on the Eiger , Mönch and Jungfrau . He currently lives in Thun .

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personal data
SURNAME Kestenholz, Ueli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss snowboarder
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Thun , Switzerland