Andri Ragettli facts for kids
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| Nationality | Swiss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 August 1998 Flims, Switzerland |
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| Height | 184 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Slopestyle, Big air | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Flims | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andri Ragettli is a talented freestyle skier from Switzerland. He was born on August 21, 1998. Freestyle skiing is a sport where athletes perform amazing tricks, jumps, and flips on skis. Andri is especially good at two events: Slopestyle and Big air. He has won many important awards and titles during his career.
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Andri Ragettli: A Skiing Star
Andri Ragettli is one of the top freestyle skiers in the world. He has won ten World Cup titles. He also has five Crystal Globes. These are special awards given to the best skiers in a season. He won Crystal Globes for slopestyle in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022. He also won one for big air in 2019.
Olympic Journeys
Andri has represented Switzerland at the Winter Olympics. In 2018, he competed in slopestyle at the Pyeongchang Games. He made it to the final round and finished in 7th place. Two other Swiss skiers also reached the final with him.
He also competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. He performed very well in the slopestyle qualifying round, finishing in first place. In the final, he ended up in 4th place.
X-Games Success
Andri achieved a big dream when he won his first X-Games gold medal. This happened at the X-Games Norway in 2020. The X-Games are famous competitions for extreme sports. Since then, he has won two more X-Games gold medals. He won one in big air in 2021 and another in slopestyle in 2022. He also has several bronze medals from the X-Games.
Amazing Tricks and Skills
Andri Ragettli is known for performing very difficult tricks. He was the second skier ever to do a "quad cork." A quad cork is a trick where a skier spins four times in the air while also flipping. It is a very advanced and risky move.
He was also the first skier to perform a quad cork 1800 on skis. This means he did a quad cork while also spinning 1800 degrees (five full rotations). In 2019, he became the second person to do a quad cork 1980 on skis. Another Swiss skier, Fabian Bösch, was the first to do this trick.
Books by Andri
- Attack your dreams, Giger Verlag, 2022.
External Links
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- Andri Ragettli at the Swiss Olympic Association
See also
In Spanish: Andri Ragettli para niños
