Stefan Gimpl
Austrian snowboarder
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| Intro | Austrian snowboarder | |
| Places | Austria | |
| is | Athlete Snowboarder | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 31 October 1979, Leogang, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria | |
| Age | 45 years |
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Biography
Stefan Gimpl (Leogang, October 31, 1979) is a professional snowboarder from Austria. His specialty is the big air and he is the only rider so far who has won the Air & Style Contest three times in a row.
In 2006 Stefan gimpl won his first gold medal in Big Air and he did not get another until 2008 when he won three gold medals in a row. Stefan Gimpl has been snowboarding since 1992 and is still snowboarding. Stefan Gimpl is sponsored by FTWO, Smith, O'Neill, and Leogang. His hobbies are snowboarding, golfing, tennis, and photography. Stefan Gimpl has won many medals in Big Air in many different places. Stefan Gimpl won first place in Quebec City, on North American soil for the first time in five years.
Career highlights
- FIS World Snowboard Championships
- 2007 – Arosa, 18th at big air
- 2009 – Barcelona (Barcelona Snow Show), 01 ! 1st at big air
Gimpl at World Cup, Seoul, December 13, 2009
- World Cup
- 2005 – Rotterdam, 02 ! 2nd at big air
- 2006 – Klagenfurt, 01 ! 1st at big air
- 2006 – Milano, 02 ! 2nd at big air
- 2007 – Torino, 03 ! 3rd at big air
- 2007 – Rotterdam, 02 ! 2nd at big air
- 2007 – Sofia, 01 ! 1st at big air
- 2008 – Graz, 01 ! 1st at big air
- 2008 – Moscow, 01 ! 1st at big air
- 2009 – Quebec city, 01 ! 1st at big air
- 2009 – Seoul, 02 ! 2nd at big air
- European Cup
- 2006 – Klagenfurt, 02 ! 2nd at big air
- South American Cup
- 2005 – Las Lenas, 02 ! 2nd at big air