Julia Dujmovits

Julia Dujmovits (born 12 June 1987) is an Austrian snowboarder.

Julia Dujmovits
Dujmovits in 2013
Personal information
NationalityAustrian
Born (1987-06-12) 12 June 1987
Güssing, Austria
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Websitejulia-dujmovits.com
Sport
CountryAustria
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom
ClubUnion SK Güssing
Coached byBernd Krug, Manuel Kruselburger, Brigitte Köck
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals Gold Medal in parallel
slalom
at Sochi 2014
World finals Silver Medal in parallel giant slalom at Stoneham 2013
Silver Medal in parallel slalom at Kreischberg 2015
Highest world ranking3rd in Parallel World Cup
(2012, 2014)
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  Austria
International snowboarding competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 0 2 1
Winter Universiade 1 0 0
World Junior Championships 1 0 2
Total 3 2 3
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Parallel Slalom 1 4 3
Parallel Giant Slalom 2 5 6
Total 3 9 9
Olympic Games
2014 SochiParallel slalom
World Championships
2013 StonehamParallel giant slalom
2015 Kreischberg Parallel slalom
2021 RoglaParallel GS
Winter Universiade
2013 TrentinoParallel giant slalom
World Junior Championships
2007 Bad GasteinParallel slalom
2006 Vivaldi ParkParallel giant slalom
2006 Vivaldi ParkSnowboard cross
Updated on 1 March 2021.

Dujmovits won silver in the parallel giant slalom at the 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships. She won a gold in the same discipline at the 2013 Winter Universiade. At the Sochi Olympics in 2014, she became the first Austrian to win gold in snowboarding. She was present at the Kaprun Funicular Disaster on 11 November 2000, a fire which claimed the lives of 155 people including Julia's friends and teammates. "Since there was a snowboarding event on that day and a big line at the cable railway, my brother suggested taking the gondola instead, a decision which ultimately saved our lives."

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