Konstantin Schad (born 25 July 1987 in

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) is a German

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 ...

, specializing in

snowboard cross Snowboard cross, also known as boardercross, is a snowboard competition in which four to six competitors race down a course. Snowboard cross courses are typically quite narrow and include cambered turns, various types of jumps, berms, rollers, ...

. Schad competed at the

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and

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

for Germany. He was 33rd in the 2010 snowboard cross, not advancing to the elimination round. In the 2014 snowboard cross, he won his 1/8-round race, but finished 4th in his quarterfinal, not advancing, and finishing 13th overall. , his best showing at the

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is 18th, in the

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snowboard cross. Schad made his

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debut in February 2007. , he has one World Cup victory, at

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in 2011–12. His best overall finish was 4th, also in 2011–12.

World Cup Podiums

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* * * * * 1987 births Living people Olympic snowboarders for Germany Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Rosenheim German male snowboarders X Games athletes Winter World University Games medalists in snowboarding FISU World University Games gold medalists for Germany Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade 21st-century German people {{Germany-snowboarding-bio-stub