Brigitte "Gitti" Köck (born 18 May 1970 in
Innsbruck
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Austria
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snowboard
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er and Olympic medalist. At the
1998 Winter Olympics
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Places
* Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan
** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture
*** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics
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Japan
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she won bronze in the Giant Slalom competition.
Results
World Championships:
*1x 2nd rank (1997)
*2x 3rd rank (1999, 2000)
*3x 4th rank (1999, 2001, 2002)
European Championships:
*1x 1st rank (1995)
*3x 2nd rank (1995, 1998, 1999)
*1x 3rd rank (1996)
Worldcup / World Pro Tour:
*45 times top-3
External links
Website
1970 births
Living people
Austrian female snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders for Austria
Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in snowboarding
Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
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