Olympia 2018: Ledecka: career, successes and medals of the Olympic champion in Super-G

Snowboard World Champion Ester Ledecka with her Olympic victory in Super-G caused a big surprise at the Winter Games in Pyeongchang. Here you can find all information about the 22-year-old Czech.

With a time of 1:21.11 minutes Ledecka secured the top spot on the podium ahead of the Austrian Anna Veith with a hundredth of a second’s lead “It was my dream, I worked towards it. But I didn’t expect that”, the Czech herself could hardly believe her triumph.

Ledecka is the first athlete ever to compete in Pyeongchang as a skier and snowboarder.

The 23rd. Born in Prague in March 1995, Ester Ledecka seems to have been born with this talent. Her grandfather Jan Klapac was active in the national ice hockey team and won two Olympic medals, while her mother was a figure skater. At the age of two, Ledecka was already on skis for the first time and also drove snowboard.

After having already won the gold medal at the European Youth Olympic Festival 2011, Ledecka competed for the first time in a World Cup race in December 2012, which she won with a 13th place. finished second in the parallel giant slalom. At their first snowboard world championship in 2013, a 17th place was awarded. Place in the parallel slalom and a 16. place in the parallel giant slalom.

In January 2014, the Czech won her first World Cup podium finishes and shortly afterwards won her first World Cup race in Rogla. As early as 2014, Ledecka took part in the Olympic Games in Sochi as a snowboarder, securing seventh place in the parallel giant slalom and sixth place in the parallel slalom.

She secured eight more World Cup victories in total and finished the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons as the first in the parallel World Cup. In the 2015/16 season, she also triumphed in the parallel giant slalom World Cup.

In addition to their World Cup victories, Ledecka’s record also includes two gold medals in parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom at the 2015 and 2017 World Championships, as well as a silver medal in parallel slalom in 2017.

In February 2016 Ledecka competed for the first time in the Ski World Cup and landed on the 24th place. Place. One day later she also made her debut in the Super-G and secured the 25th place. Place.

With her Olympic victory, she impressively outstripped the seventh place, which had marked her best place in a World Cup race up to now.

The 24th. February Ledecka also tries to win an Olympic medal in her discipline on the snowboard. You can follow the parallel giant slalom with the SPOX Liveticker like all other decisions.