- Siegfried Grabner
Siegfried Grabner (born
February 4 ,1975 inWaiern , Carinthia) is anAustria n professionalsnowboarder . At the2006 Winter Olympics inTurin ,Italy he won bronze in the Parallel Giant Slalom competition.Having won the Junior World Championship 1994 in
Slovenia , he decided to go professional. He won the European Championship 1995 inFinland , and became part of the Burton Alpine Team. In 2003 he won the Parallel Giant Slalom World Championship inKreischberg ,Austria . In 2005 he ranked third inWhistler, British Columbia .In the summer of 2003 Siegfried Grabner wrote a book, "Boarder zwischen den Welten" (literally "Boarder between the worlds"). He also develops snowboards, his "SG Snowboards" became available in autumn 2005 in three variants. He won the medal at the
Turin Olympics on one of his "Torino" raceboards.Grabner resides in
La Massana ,Andorra .External links
* [http://www.sigigrabner.com Website]
* [http://www.sgsnowboards.com Sigi Grabner Snowboards]
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