Brigitte "Gitti" Köck (born 18 May 1970 in

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) is an

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er and Olympic medalist. At the

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in Nagano,

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she won bronze in the Giant Slalom competition.

Results

World Championships: *1x 2nd rank (1997) *2x 3rd rank (1999, 2000) *3x 4th rank (1999, 2001, 2002) European Championships: *1x 1st rank (1995) *3x 2nd rank (1995, 1998, 1999) *1x 3rd rank (1996) Worldcup / World Pro Tour: *45 times top-3

External links

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1970 births Living people Austrian female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Austria Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in snowboarding Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Austria {{Austria-snowboarding-bio-stub