Olivia Nobs (born 18 November 1982 in
La Chaux-de-Fonds
La Chaux-de-Fonds () is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometers south of the French border. After Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg, it is the fourth largest city loc ...
) is a
Swiss
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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 ...
. Nobs captured the silver medal in snowboard cross at the
FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 The FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 took place between January 17 and January 24 in Hyundai Sungwoo Resort close to Duwon-ri in Hoengseong County in Gangwon, South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is ...
in South Korea.
At the
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
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, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...
, Nobs took the bronze in the
Women's Snowboard Cross.
References
Official websiteBiography/Results
Swiss female snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders for Switzerland
Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
1982 births
Living people
Olympic medalists in snowboarding
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
People from La Chaux-de-Fonds
Sportspeople from the canton of Neuchâtel
21st-century Swiss women
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