Nicola Thost (born 3 May 1981) 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 ...

and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...

."1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Alpine Skiing"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 5 March 2008)

Life and career

Thost grew up participating in gymnastics and skiing, but switched to snowboarding at age 13. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, she won the gold medal in the inaugural halfpipe event. She also competed in the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...

but did not make the podium, finishing in 11th place.

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* 1981 births Living people German female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Germany Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in snowboarding Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics 20th-century German women 21st-century German women {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub