Anna Gasser
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16 August 1991 Villach, Austria |
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| Residence | Millstatt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Women's slopestyle, Women's Big Air | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anna Gasser (born 16 August 1991, Villach) is an Austrian snowboarder, competing in slopestyle and big air. She lives in Millstatt.
Gasser qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics and showed the best result in the qualification round, directly qualifying for the final. In 2017 Gasser won Gold in the Big Air event at the Snowboard World Championships in Spain. Gasser also had a successful 2017 X Games performance winning Gold in Slopestyle and Bronze in Big Air in Hafjell, and Silver for Big Air in Apsen.
Anna Gasser started to compete in snowboarding in the 2010/2011 season. Before competing in slopestyle Gasser was part of the Austrian National Gymnastics Team. At FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013 Gasser finished 18th. Her best World Cup result and the only podium finish before the 2014 Olympics was the third-place finish in Stoneham on 19 January 2014.
In November 2013, Gasser became the first female snowboarder to perform a Cab Double Cork 900 kicker, a double salto backwards with a half-turn.
Gasser has had a great 2017 season, winning 3 X Games medals. She also won Gold in slopestyle at the Burton US Open and Gold at the snowboarding World Championships receiving a score of 100!
Gasser qualified first for the slopestyle final event. However for the final event, she fell in both runs and was classified tenth. Aimee Fuller who was a British competitor who had been eliminated earlier joined the BBC Sport team for the final of her event which included Gasser. Fuller and the other members of the commentary team, Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood were criticised for their reaction when Gasser fell during her final run. The incident drew more than 300 complaints.
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