Amelie Kober (born 16 November 1987, in

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Biography

At the Junior World Championships 2005 in

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she won silver. In the World Cup she was ranked fifth. She was the youngest competitor in the Parallel Giant Slalom competition at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

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. Despite a fall during the quarter finals, she caught up with her competitor and proceeded to the semi-finals and final round, winning silver. At the

FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2007 The FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2007 in sports, 2007 took place between January 14th and January 20th in Arosa, Switzerland. Results Men's Results Snowboard Cross The Snowboard Cross finals took place on January 14. Parallel Giant Slalo ...

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she won silver in the Parallel Giant Slalom competition. She won the Parallel Giant Slalom competition of the

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in Sudelfeld,

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Personal life

Kober tells in an interview after the half final of the Snowboard Competition at 2010 Winter Olympics that she is pregnant: "It's true that this season I will not compete more than one race because I'm a mum."

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kober, Amelie 1987 births Living people People from Bad Aibling Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria German female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders of Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in snowboarding Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics