 Meschik in 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1990-09-25)25 September 1990 (age 35) Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Austria | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||
Event | Alpine | ||||||||||||||
| Club | ASKÖ Landskron[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Tom Weninger[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ina Meschik (born 25 September 1990 inSankt Veit an der Glan) is an Austrian alpine snowboarder.[1][2] She represented her nationAustria 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 inLake Wānaka,New Zealand and fourth-place finishes at theFIS World Cup series.[3] Meschik is currently a member of ASKÖ Landskron Ski Club inVillach, under her personal coach Tom Weninger.[4]
Meschik made her official debut, as a 19-year-old, at the2010 Winter Olympics inVancouver, where she finished sixth in thewomen's giant slalom, losing out to Germany'sAnke Karstens in the classification final match by sixty-four hundredths of a second.[5]
At the2014 Winter Olympics inSochi, Meschik qualified for two alpine snowboarding events (including the first ever women's parallel slalom) by achieving fourth-place finishes from theFIS World Cup series inRogla,Slovenia, and inCarezza,Italy.[6][7] In thewomen's giant slalom, Meschik improved her prior performance inVancouver with a fourth-place finish, but narrowly missed the bronze medal by almost a full second behind host nation'sAlena Zavarzina in their small final match.[8][9] Three days later, in the inauguralwomen's slalom, Meschik did not match her stellar stint from the giant slalom, as she lost the quarterfinal match to Germany'sAmelie Kober by a hundredth-second margin.[10]
Meschik finished eighth in thewomen's parallel giant slalom event at the2018 Winter Olympics inPyeongchang.[11]
