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Achievements<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Olympic Gold Medal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Olympic Winter Games<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Big Air 2018 \/ Anna Gasser<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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World Champion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gold and Silver Medals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Big Air Gold 2017 \/ Anna Gasser
Slopestyle Silver 2015 \/ Anna Gasser
Juniors-WC-Gold 2011 \/ Anna Gyarmati<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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World Cup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Overall World Cup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Overall Title 2017 \/ Anna Gasser
Overall by Discipline \/ Big Air 2017 & 2018 \/ Anna Gasser<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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X-Games<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

USOpen and DEW-Tour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

X-Games Gold Big Air 2018 & 2019
X Games Gold Slopestyle 2017
Burton USOpen Gold 2017
DEW-Tour Gold 2016 & 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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l.t.r.: Myself, Anna Gasser, Paul Senoner, Clemens Millauer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Life of a Coach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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After graduating in 2004 as one of the youngest \u201cstate-certified snowboard instructors\u201d in Austria, I immediately began further training in coaching, reaching the highest level of certification in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediately afterward, I was fortunate enough to earn my stripes as a youth coach at the Schladming Ski Academy, joining the coaching staff there. In 2011, an exceptional event occurred when two active students from the school became Junior World Champions: Anna Gyarmati (HUN) and Clemens Schattschneider (AUT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2013, I took over as head coach of the Hungarian national team, and a year later I switched to Austria. In my first year as head coach of the Austrian Ski Federation (\u00d6SV), we hosted the World Championships right here at Kreischberg. Unfortunately, we weren\u2019t able to enjoy a quiet first year without much pressure. Nevertheless, we managed to win the silver medal in slopestyle with Anna Gasser.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Anna Gasser \/ X-Games Norway 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Photo: Guillaume Morisset \/ X-Games Norway 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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And that\u2019s how things went. Anna became a global super star in the seasons that followed, and we went from one victory to the next. As much as I look back on that time with joy and pride, I also remember the hardships and the gradual burnout. Because athletic success is linked above all to one thing: sacrifice! You give up an incredible amount\u2014things the average person can\u2019t even imagine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First and foremost, it\u2019s your own family. Siblings get married, have children, get divorced; parents are rushed to the emergency room in critical condition and are fighting for their lives\u2014and you only catch a glimpse of all this because you\u2019re thousands of miles away. When it finally hits you, the guilt is almost unbearable, and you wonder if it\u2019s really all worth it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Your own apartment goes from being a beloved sanctuary to just another interchangeable set of four walls where you store your stuff. The only way you know what your friends are up to is from the two conversations you have at Christmas and on your birthday. If you do happen to stumble into a relationship, it\u2019s doomed to fail from the start, and the idea of starting a family of your own is a distant dream from another world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The snow season lasts ten months, and during the remaining two months, you take a short vacation and get organized and ready for the new season. Still, for a long time, none of that matters. The fire inside burns bright, and athletic ambition makes up for it all. But eventually, the fire dies out\u2014and for me, that happened in the spring of 2019, so I pulled the plug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was an incredibly wonderful time, and I wouldn't want to have missed a single second of it. But it's also okay that it's over now and life goes on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Sani Alibabic \/ l.t.r. Dasha Nosova, Anna Gasser, Gigi Scheidl, Spencer O\u2019Brien \/ sitting: Klaudia Medlova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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