Julie Zogg (born 1 October 1992) is a Swiss

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, specializing in alpine snowboarding.FIS Profile
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Career

Zogg competed at the

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for Switzerland. She was 3rd in the qualifying run of the

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, but lost in the 1/8 finals to Canada's Ariane Lavigne, finishing 9th. In the

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, she qualified 4th, then beat Japan's

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, but was disqualified in the quarterfinals against the eventual champion, Austria's Julia Dujmovits, ending up 7th. As of September 2014, her best showing at the

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is 14th, in the

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parallel slalom. Zogg made her

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debut in December 2007. As of September 2014, she has four podium finishes, with her best being a silver medal in parallel slalom at

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in 2011–12. Her best overall finish is 6th in 2011–12.

World Cup Podiums

References

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* * 1992 births Living people Olympic snowboarders of Switzerland Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics People from Walenstadt Swiss female snowboarders Sportspeople from the canton of St. Gallen 21st-century Swiss women {{Switzerland-snowboarding-bio-stub