Matěj Švancer
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| Nationality | Austrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 March 2004 Prague, Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Big air, Slopestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matěj Švancer (IPA: [ˈmacɛj ˈʃvantsɛr]; born 26 March 2004) is a Czech-Austrian freestyle skier in slopestyle and big air. After great successes at the junior level, including a gold medal at the Winter Youth Olympics and two junior world championship titles, he started for Austria in the 2021–22 season.
Career
[edit]In 2020, Švancer won Gold (Big Air) at the Winter Youth Olympics at Leysin.[1]
On 3 November 2019, Švancer made his debut in the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in Modena. After further starts in Deštné and Stubaital, he achieved his first top result in 2021 with sixth place in Kreischberg. After his naturalization in March 2020, the switch from the Czech Republic to Austria was approved by the FIS in June 2021[2] and he was accepted into the Austrian squad. On 22 October 2021, he beat Canadian Teal Harle at the big air in Chur with 99.0 points and thus celebrated his first World Cup victory.[3] Six weeks later he also won the second and final Big Air World Cup of the season in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
References
[edit]- ^ "Freestyle Skiing – Men's Freeski Big Air – Results Summary" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Matej Svancer nun offiziell unter rot-weiß-roter Flagge". ÖSV. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ "Neo-Österreicher Svancer gewinnt Big-Air-Auftakt". ORF. 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
External links
[edit]- Matěj Švancer at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Matěj Švancer at the X Games
- Matěj Švancer at Olympics.com
- Matěj Švancer at Olympedia
- Matěj Švancer at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
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