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Philipp Schoch

Personal information
Born	12 October 1979 (1979-10-12) (age 45) Winterthur, Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Snowboarding
Club	Skiclub Fischenthal
Medal record Representing  Switzerland Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City Parallel Giant Slalom 2006 Turin Parallel Giant Slalom FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2007 Arosa Parallel Giant Slalom 2007 Arosa Parallel Slalom

Philipp Schoch (born 10 October 1979) is a Swiss snowboarder. He won a gold medal in the Parallel Giant Slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympics. At the next Olympics, he faced his brother Simon Schoch in the Parallel Giant Slalom Final. Philipp raced away to an unassailable 0.88 second lead in the first leg of the final, retaining his Olympic crown. He is the first snowboarder to win two gold medals in the Winter Olympics. At the world championships, he won two silver medals in the slalom events in 2007.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Philipp Schoch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

External links

• SchochBrothers.ch Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – Website of Philipp and Simon Schoch

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