Anna Gasser

Anna Gasser (born 16 August 1991) is an Austrian snowboarder, competing in slopestyle and big air. She lives in Millstatt. She is the 2018 and 2022 Olympic Champion in Big air.

Gasser qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics and showed the best result in the qualification round, directly qualifying for the final. In 2017 Gasser won Gold in the Big air event at the Snowboard World Championships in Spain. Gasser also had a successful 2017 X Games performance winning gold in Slopestyle and bronze in Big air in Hafjell, and silver for Big air in Aspen.

Career Gasser first began snowboarding at age 18. After graduating high school, she moved to the United States to train at Mammoth Mountain, despite not knowing English well. Gasser worked as a babysitter to save enough money to afford the move to the United States to train all winter. She started to compete in snowboarding in the 2010/2011 season, at age 20.

Gasser won 3 X Games medals in the 2017 season. and Gold at the snowboarding World Championships receiving a score of 100.

At the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia, Gasser won the gold in the big air event.

2014 Winter Olympics Gasser qualified first for the slopestyle final event. However, she fell in both runs for the final event and was classified tenth. Aimee Fuller who was a British competitor who had been eliminated earlier, joined the BBC Sport team for the final of her event, which included Gasser. Fuller and the other members of the commentary team, Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood were criticised for their reaction when Gasser fell during her final run. The incident drew more than 300 complaints.

2018 Winter Olympics Anna Gasser won gold in the inaugural Big air event with a total score of 185 points. She also competed in the women's slopestyle final, where she finished 15th.

2022 Winter Olympics She successfully defended her Olympic Big air title by landing a Cab Double Cork 1260 in her final run.