Ina Meschik

Ina Meschik
Meschik in 2012
Personal information
Born (1990-09-25) 25 September 1990
Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country Austria
SportSnowboarding
EventAlpine
ClubASKÖ Landskron[1]
Coached byTom Weninger[1]
Medal record
Junior World Championships
2008 Valmalenco Parallel giant slalom
2009 Nagano Parallel giant slalom
2010 Otago Parallel giant slalom

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ina MESCHIK". Sochi2014.com. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ina Meschik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  3. ^ Haggart, Matthew (27 August 2010). "Snowsports: European boarders dominant". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Meschik mit besten Chancen für Olympia" [Meschik has a best chance for an Olympic medal] (in German). Kleine Zeitung. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Snowboarding - Women's Parallel Giant Slalom - Medal round Results | 2010 Winter Olympics". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Career's first for Ledecka and Mathies in Rogla PGS; First Czech win on Alpine Snowboard World Cup tour; Exciting race for Crystal Globes". Rogla Ski Resort. 2013. Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Meschik schrammt am Podest vorbei" [Meschik scrapes past the podium] (in German). Laola1. 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom Finals". Sochi2014.com. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  9. ^ Smith, Shawn (19 February 2014). "Husband/wife duo Vic Wild, Alena Zavarzina win medals in parallel giant slalom". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Ladies' Parallel Slalom Quarterfinals". Sochi2014.com. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Andreas PROMMEGGER". Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018.
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