Anna Gasser
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| Born | 16 August 1991 [1] Villach, Austria |
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| Residence | Millstatt | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[2] | ||||||||||||
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| Country | Austria | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Women's slopestyle | ||||||||||||
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Anna Gasser (born 16 August 1991, Villach[3]) is an Austrian snowboarder, competing in slopestyle. She lives in Millstatt.[4]
Gasser qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics and showed the best result in the qualification round, directly qualifying for the final.[5][6] In the final, 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.[7] 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.[7][8]
Anna Gasser started to compete in snowboarding in the 2010/2011 season.[4] 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 January 19, 2014.[6]
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.[9][10]
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