Alexander Payer (born 12 September 1989) is an Austrian
snowboarder
Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...
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He competed in the 2017
FIS Snowboard World Championships
The FIS Snowboarding World Championships is the world championship organized by the FIS for Snowboarding. It was first held in 1996 and is now held every odd year. The championship events include Big air, Half-pipe, Parallel giant slalom, Parallel ...
, and in the
2018 Winter Olympics
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, athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women)
, events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening =
, closing =
, opened_by = President Moon Jae-in
, cauldron = Kim Yun-a
, stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
, winte ...
, in
parallel giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant slalom and slalom make up th ...
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1989 births
Living people
Austrian male snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders for Austria
Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)
Universiade medalists in snowboarding
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Austria
Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
People from Sankt Veit an der Glan
Sportspeople from Carinthia (state)
21st-century Austrian people
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