Career Start:
1994

Career Highlights:
2006
3rd (Parallel Giant Slalom), Olympic Games
2005
3rd (Parallel Giant Slalom), World Championships
2004
1st (Parallel Giant Slalom),World Cup
2003
1st (Parallel Giant Slalom), World Championships
2001
1st (Parallel Slalom), Austrian Championships
1999
1st (Giant Slalom and Duel), European Championships
1998
1st (Duel), European Championships
1996
1st (Giant Slalom), European Championships
1995
1st (Giant Slalom), European Championships
1994
1st, Junior World Championships

Overall: 9x 1st in World Cup events (as of December 2005)

Best athletic attributes:
Sigi’s greatest strength is his consistency: he has been among the world’s top snowboarders for 12 straight years.

Best personal attributes:
Sigi is an open-minded person: he is always (literally always!) in a good mood. He is also very sociable – and fluent in several languages: aside from German he speaks English, Spanish, Italian and French.

Second best talent (after snowboarding): Mountain biking

Classic Sigi:
Has let his pigtail grow since he started snowboarding professionally 12 years ago.

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Bernhard Spöttel