Benjamin KARL

Austria
Snowboard
16 Oct 1985
36
Male
ST. POELTEN
 
Austria
LIENZ
 
Austria

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SBD Snowboard Men's Parallel Giant Slalom 1 Gold

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Genting Snow Park P & X Stadium
Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Qualification Run
Finished
Genting Snow Park P & X Stadium
Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Elimination Run
Finished
After 1/8 Final 4 		Genting Snow Park P & X Stadium
Men's Parallel Giant Slalom 1/8 Final 5
Finished
After Quarterfinal2 		Genting Snow Park P & X Stadium
Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Quarterfinal 3
Finished
After Semifinal 1 		Genting Snow Park P & X Stadium
Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Semifinal 2
Finished
After Small Final 		Genting Snow Park P & X Stadium
Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Big Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
2Parallel Giant Slalom2010Vancouver, CAN
3Parallel Slalom2014Sochi, RUS
5Men's Parallel Giant Slalom2018PyeongChang, KOR
10Parallel Giant Slalom2014Sochi, RUS
World Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
1Parallel Slalom Men2021Rogla, SLO55.58
1Parallel GS Men2013Stoneham, CAN
1Parallel GS Men2011La Molina, ESP
1Parallel Slalom Men2011La Molina, ESP
1Parallel Slalom Men2009Gangwon, KOR
2Parallel GS Men2017Sierra Nevada, ESP
2Parallel Slalom Men2017Sierra Nevada, ESP
3Parallel GS Men2015Kreischberg, AUT
4Parallel GS Men2009Gangwon, KOR
6Parallel Slalom Men2013Stoneham, CAN
10Parallel Slalom Men2015Kreischberg, AUT1:12.18
11Parallel Slalom Men2019Park City, USA
26Parallel Giant Slalom Men2021Rogla, SLO1:03.83
World Cup Rankings
SeasonAllParallel Giant SlalomParallel SlalomParallelParallel/Snowboard Cross Overall
2021/20221046
2020/20213146
2019/20202295
2018/20196139
2017/201834412
2016/20173143
2015/20169710
2014/20151635
2013/201410109
2012/2013152619
2011/20123
2010/201111
2009/201011
World Cup - Best Achievements
SeasonParallel Giant SlalomParallel SlalomParallel Slalom TeamParallel Giant Slalom Team
2021/20221 x 5th1 x 2nd1 x 9th1 x 10th
2020/20211 x 1st1 x 7th1 x 4th
2019/20201 x 1st1 x 15th1 x 10th
2018/20191 x 2nd1 x 3rd3 x 1st
2017/20181 x 1st1 x 24th1 x 7th
2016/20171 x 1st1 x 3rd1 x 1st
2015/20161 x 6th1 x 2nd
2014/20151 x 5th2 x 2nd
2013/20141 x 5th2 x 7th
2012/20131 x 4th1 x 10th
2011/20121 x 1st1 x 1st
2010/20112 x 1st2 x 1st
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocationResult
2Parallel Slalom2021/2022Bad Gastein, AUT53.64
5Parallel Giant Slalom2021/2022Carezza, ITA1:15.41
8Parallel Giant Slalom2021/2022Cortina d Ampezzo, ITA1:15.29
9Parallel Slalom Team2021/2022Bad Gastein, AUT
10Parallel Giant Slalom Team2021/2022Simonhöhe, AUT
11Parallel Giant Slalom2021/2022Scuol, SUI1:14.79
12Parallel Slalom2021/2022Bannoye, RUS1:01.95
19Parallel Giant Slalom2021/2022Simonhöhe, AUT1:02.14
24Parallel Giant Slalom2021/2022Bannoye, RUS1:14.98
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Benni.

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Athlete

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Wife, Nina Grissmann. Daughter, Benina.

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German, English

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UTS

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National: Thomas Weninger (AUT)

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2001 FIS event in Goestling/Ybbs (Giant Slalom - 16th)
2004 World Cup in Bad Gastein (Snowboard Cross - 65th)

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2017: Ankle injury in training.

2012: Ankle surgery after a motorcycle accident. Tore ligaments in his left ankle and pulled ligaments in his thumb. Resumed training six weeks later.

December 2008: Fractured his navicular bone and an ankle bone during a cross-country training run in Lienz, Austria.

1995: Broken three thoracic vertebrae.

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Began snowboarding in 1995 at St. Polten Sports High School in Austria. (Info 2018)

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His mother, a ski instructor, got him involved in skiing at age two. He was later persuaded to choose snowboarding over skiing by coach Erik Woll. (Info 2018)

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Become Olympic champion. (Info 2018)

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Fifth World Championships gold medal at Rogla 2021. “It was a long-time goal to win five world championships gold medals and I had to wait over eight years since my last victory in Stoneham [2013 World Championships]. With the course of time, you realise that it might be not possible to actually fulfill that goal in a lifetime, so the feeling after crossing the finish line and knowing that I’m the world champion is probably the most unbelievable moment in my career.” (FIS Snowboard YouTube, March 2021)

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"The only limit you have, is the one you set yourself." (Facebook, 17 Sep 2017)

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Athlete of the Year (2011, 2013) in the Niederosterreich region of Austria.

General Interest

LONG CAREER
The secret to a long career is that snowboarders don't have as many injuries as Alpine skiers. "In Alpine skiing, you have to stop (your career) because your knee is destroyed or something else, while in Alpine snowboarding we don’t hurt ourselves so much and so we can ride for longer years without pain and being strong in your 40s like Andreas (Prommegger, AUT) and Roli (Roland Fischnaller, ITA)." (Snowbeat TV Magazine, February 2021)

FUTURE AFTER RETIREMENT
His goal is to stay involved in sport. "The most important thing for me in the future is that I can have a life in sports, I want to be in an environment where I can do sport, teach people something in sports, that’s my biggest goal after snowboarding." (Snowbeat TV Magazine, February 2021)

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