Benjamin Karl
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| Full name | Benjamin Martin Karl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 1985 Sankt Pölten, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Parallel slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Union Trendsport Weichberger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin Martin Karl (born 16 October 1985) is an Austrian professional snowboarder with seven World Cup victories and one FIS World Ski Championships Victory.[1]
He competed for his nation in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Parallel Giant Slalom, coming in second to Jasey Jay Anderson.[2]
He won the bronze medal in Parallel slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics and finally became the Olympic champion in Parallel Giant Slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Karl has been a salaried employee of the Austrian Armed Forces since 2004.[3]
In April of 2022, Karl was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after causing a road traffic accident in which one person was killed and another severely injured. He was sentenced to three months of probation.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIS Profile". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
- ^ "CTV Profile". ctvolympics.ca. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ "Snowboard: Benjamin Karl ist bereit für Heim-WM". Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ^ "Snowboarder Benjamin Karl nach tödlichem Autounfall verurteilt". Der Standard. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ^ "Tödlicher Pkw-Unfall: Snowboarder Karl verurteilt". Austrian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- Benjamin Karl at FIS (snowboarding)
- Benjamin Karl at Olympics.com
- Benjamin Karl at Olympedia
- Benjamin Karl at Team Austria (in German)
- Official website
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