Marco Ladner (born 22 April 1998 in
Zams
Zams is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
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The Inn River runs through Zams, which is situated in the river's basin together with its neighbour town Landeck. The geographical location is . Here, th ...
) is an Austrian
freestyle skier
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, specializing in
halfpipe
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.
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Ladner competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
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for Austria. He placed 19th in the qualifying round in the halfpipe
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, failing to advance.
Ladner made his World Cup debut in August 2012. As of April 2014, his best World Cup finish is 9th, at Calgary
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in 2013–14. His best World Cup overall finish in halfpipe is 24th, in 2013–14.[
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References
1998 births
Living people
Olympic freestyle skiers for Austria
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
People from Landeck District
Austrian male freestyle skiers
Freestyle skiers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Skiers from Tyrol (federal state)
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