Katrin Ofner (born 5 March 1990) is an Austrian

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

, specializing in

ski cross Ski cross is a skiing competition which incorporates terrain features traditionally found in freestyle skiing with courses which include big-air jumps and high-banked turns. In spite of the fact that it is a timed racing event, it is often cons ...

Career

Ofner competed at the

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for Austria. She placed 22nd in the qualifying round in

, to advance to the knockout stages. She finished third in her first round heat, failing to advance. As of April 2013, her best finish at the

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is 4th, in

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. Ofner made her

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

debut in January 2008. As of April 2013, she has three World Cup podium finishes, the best a second place, coming at Blue Mountain in 2011/12. Her best World Cup overall finish in ski cross is 7th, in 2011/12.

World Cup podiums

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* (freestyle) * (alpine) * * * 1990 births Living people Austrian female freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for Austria Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Winter World University Games medalists in freestyle skiing FISU World University Games gold medalists for Austria Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Klagenfurt {{Austria-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub