Anna GASSER

BEIJING 2022 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES EXPECTATIONS
"(At PyeongChang 2018) I knew I had tricks that nobody else did. If the next Olympics were today, I wouldn't be as disappointed if I didn't win because the girls got so much better. Any of the top-10 female riders could get on the podium now." (snowboarder.com, 28 Oct 2020)

LAST OLYMPIC PARTICIPATION
"As long as I'm healthy, I want to ride and have fun. But I'm realistic. Every year it gets harder, so I think Beijing 2022 will be my last Olympic Games." (meinbezirk.at, 19 Apr 2021)

GYMNASTICS AND SNOWBOARDING
Started snowboarding at age 18 which is usually late for all others competitors, but her gymnastics background made her catch up fast with the tricks. "I didn't even know how to do proper turns back then, but I was already hitting jumps and rails. I've been jumping and flipping ever since I was a little girl because I competed in gymnastics. I've always felt comfortable with airtime. So getting to the jump was tough, but everything in the air was easy." (snowboarder.com, 28 Oct 2020)

PUSHING WOMEN'S SPORT PROGRESSION
When she did her first triple, she didn't even think that it was the first triple cork landed by a woman. "I simply wanted to do it for myself. And that applies to everything I do. Of course, I care about women’s snowboarding a lot! But for me, the goal is that the phrase 'good for a girl' doesn’t exist anymore. Something should simply be good, no matter who did it. It’s awesome to see how fearless the new generation of girls is. They don’t hold back because that’s not how they learned to do things." (snowboarder.com, 28 Oct 2020)

ONE YEAR IN THE USA
In 2010, spent her senior year in high school in the United States of America to become a snowboard professional, after only her first season. "People thought I was crazy. I was so hooked that I didn’t care about anything else other than snowboarding. I just figured I needed to get good enough to be able to afford to ride all winter. So, I started babysitting, saved all my money, and told my parents that I wanted to go the U.S. to learn the language and experience the culture, while I really just wanted to shred." (snowboarder.com, 28 Oct 2020)

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OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Won the first-ever big air Olympic title in its debut at PyeongChang 2018, nailing her hardest trick, a cab double cork 1080, producing the best score with the last jump to snatch Olympic gold from Jamie Anderson (USA). Before her final run, "I was standing up there and I knew I had the silver and I was like 'no, I'm going to go full risk'. I thought, 'if it works out, then I deserve this medal.' Thankfully it worked out and it's a dream come true." (bbc.com, 22 Feb 2018)

Made her Olympic Winter Games debut at Sochi 2014 where she finished 10th in slopestyle.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Two-time World Championships medallist winning one gold (2017) and one silver (2015). In Sierra Nevada in 2017, she became the first female snowboarder to land a double cork 1080 in competition, to earn the first-ever 100-point score out of 100.

WORLD CUP
Half of her World Cup podium finishes (18) are victories (nine). (as of 13 October 2021)
2021 overall park & pipe and slopestyle Crystal Globe winner.
2018 big air Crystal Globe winner.
2017 overall park & pipe and big air Crystal Globe winner.

X GAMES
Three-time X Games big air champion (2018-20), and 2017 big air silver (Aspen) and bronze (Oslo) medallist.

OTHER
2017 US Open slopestyle champion.
2016 Dew Tour Breckenridge champion.
2016 Nine Queens champion.

FIRSTS
In November 2013, became the first female snowboarder to land a cab double cork 900.
In November 2018, became the first and still only female snowboarder to land a triple (cab triple underflip 1260) in training.
In 2019, became the first female snowboarder to land a cab 1260 double cork.