Ina Meschik
Austrian snowboarder (born 1990)
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Ina Meschik (born 25 September 1990 in Sankt Veit an der Glan) is an Austrian alpine snowboarder.[1][2] She represented her nation Austria in three editions of the Olympic Games (2010, 2014 and 2018), and eventually claimed a bronze medal in parallel giant slalom at the 2010 FIS Junior World Championships in Lake Wānaka, New Zealand and fourth-place finishes at the FIS World Cup series.[3] Meschik is currently a member of ASKÖ Landskron Ski Club in Villach, under her personal coach Tom Weninger.[4]
AustriaMeschik in 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 September 1990 Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Austria | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||
Event | Alpine | ||||||||||||||
| Club | ASKÖ Landskron[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Tom Weninger[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Meschik made her official debut, as a 19-year-old, at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where she finished sixth in the women's giant slalom, losing out to Germany's Anke Karstens in the classification final match by sixty-four hundredths of a second.[5]
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Meschik qualified for two alpine snowboarding events (including the first ever women's parallel slalom) by achieving fourth-place finishes from the FIS World Cup series in Rogla, Slovenia, and in Carezza, Italy.[6][7] In the women's giant slalom, Meschik improved her prior performance in Vancouver with a fourth-place finish, but narrowly missed the bronze medal by almost a full second behind host nation's Alena Zavarzina in their small final match.[8][9] Three days later, in the inaugural women's slalom, Meschik did not match her stellar stint from the giant slalom, as she lost the quarterfinal match to Germany's Amelie Kober by a hundredth-second margin.[10]
Meschik finished eighth in the women's parallel giant slalom event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.[11]
