Thomas Zangerl (born 10 June 1983 in

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) is an

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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 ...

who specializes in the

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discipline. He made his World Cup debut in March 2003 in

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, but was disqualified. His first valid World Cup result was a thirteenth place in

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in November the same year. He proceeded to perform consistently in the range of 20th–30th, except for an eight place in

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in February. Then, until 2007 he only raced once in the World Cup, with a ninth place in

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in January 2006. The 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons were mediocre, but in January 2009 he finished fourth in two races. Retrieved on 1 February 2009. He represents the sports club WSV Walchsee.

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* * * * 1983 births Living people Austrian male freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers for Austria People from Kufstein Skiers from Tyrol (state) X Games athletes {{Austria-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub