Anna Gasser

Anna Gasser
Gasser in 2017
Personal information
Born (1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 (age 33)[1]
Villach, Austria
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[2]
Sport
CountryAustria
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Slopestyle, Big air
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Big air
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Big air
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sierra Nevada Big air
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bakuriani Big air
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kreischberg Slopestyle
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Hafjell Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aspen Big air
Silver medal – second place 2017 Aspen Big air
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Hafjell Big air

Anna Gasser (born 16 August 1991) is an Austrian snowboarder, competing in slopestyle and big air. She lives in Millstatt.[3][4] She is the 2018 and 2022 Olympic Champion in Big air.

Gasser qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics and showed the best result in the qualification round, directly qualifying for the final.[5][6] In 2017 Gasser won Gold in the Big air event at the Snowboard World Championships in Spain.[7] Gasser also had a successful 2017 X Games performance winning gold in Slopestyle [8] and bronze in Big air in Hafjell,[9] and silver for Big air in Aspen.[10]

  1. ^ "Anna Gasser". fis-ski.com. FIS. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Anna Gasser". worldsnowboardtour.com. TTR Pro Snowboarding. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Anna Gasser". World Snowboard Tour. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Profile at the website of Austrian Olympic Committee" (in German). Austrian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Snowboard – Derungs and Gasser star, GB's Jones misses out in slopestyle". Reuters. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  6. ^ Anna Gasser at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  7. ^ "'She's got 100!' Anna Gasser wins spectacular Big Air title". BBC Sport. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Anna Gasser wins Women's Snowboard Slopestyle gold". X Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Anna Gasser wins Women's Snowboard Big Air bronze". X Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Anna Gasser wins Women's Snowboard Big Air silver". X Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2017.