Alessandro Hämmerle (born 30 July 1993) is a Swiss-born Austrian

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, and Olympic gold medalist in the

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. Hämmerle competed at the

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for Austria. In the

, he finished 2nd in his 1/8 round race, advancing to the quarter-finals, where he placed 5th, not advancing, and ending up 17th overall. As of September 2014, his best showing at the

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was 6th, in the

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snowboard cross. Hämmerle made his

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debut in December 2010. As of September 2014, he had one World Cup victory, coming at

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. His best overall finish was 4th in 2012–13. He won the gold medal in snowboard cross at the

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World Cup podiums

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* * 1993 births Living people Olympic snowboarders for Austria Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in snowboarding Olympic gold medalists for Austria Sportspeople from Frauenfeld Austrian male snowboarders Winter World University Games medalists in snowboarding Swiss people of Austrian descent FISU World University Games silver medalists for Austria Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade X Games competitors 21st-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-snowboarding-bio-stub