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Ester Ledecká Crowned 2025 World Champion in Parallel Giant Slalom in St. Moritz, Switzerland

Ester Ledecká reclaimed her place atop the snowboard world with a commanding victory in the women’s parallel giant slalom at the 2025 Freeski and Snowboard World Championships in Engadin, Switzerland, on Thursday, March 20. The three-time Olympic champion, known for her unprecedented success in both alpine skiing and snowboarding, secured her first snowboard world title in eight years, defeating defending […]
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Olympic Schedule Decision Forces Ester Ledecká to Choose Between Skiing and Snowboarding

Czech athlete Ester Ledecká, the only Olympian to have won Olympic Gold in different disciplines, Alpine skiing and snowboarding, will be forced to choose between her two disciplines at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics after officials decided not to adjust the schedule. On February 8, Ledecká is set to compete in two events that are nearly simultaneous and take […]
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Italy’s Federica Brignone Wins 30th Career FIS Alpine World Cup at St. Anton, Austria, While Lindsey Vonn Claims an Amazing 6th Place in Her 1st Comeback Downhill Race

On a spectacular bluebird day in St. Anton, Austria, the world’s best female speed skiers battled it out on the Karl Schranz Downhill course. Victory went to Italy’s Federica Brignone, while second place went to rookie Malorie Blanc on her Downhill World Cup debut. The 21-year-old Swiss skier in bib 46 bumped down Czechia’s Ester Ledecka, who put down a […]
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[VIDEO] FIS Profile: Ester Ledecká — First Person to Compete & Win in 2 Disciplines at a Winter Olympics

  Relive the historic moment Czech skier and snowboarder Ester Ledecká became the first person in history to not only compete but also win across two entirely different pieces of winter equipment at the Pyeongchang Winter Games in 2018.  This FIS special focusses on Ester Ledecká who grew up adoring snowboarding and skiing. She initially started competing in Snowboarding, having […]
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[VIDEO] What Can’t She Do: Olympic Gold Medallist Showcases Incredible Waterskiing Skills

Czech snowsports multi-talent Ester Ledecká showed off her waterskiing skills on social media. The 28-year-old is an incredible all rounder, who in 2018 became the first person in the world to win an Olympic Gold medal in both Alpine Skiing as well as Snowboarding. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korea, Ledecká won Gold in the Super-G in Alpine skiing […]
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Snowboarder Wins Gold in Women’s Skiing Super-G on Skis Borrowed from Mikaela Shiffrin

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Snowboarder Ester Ledecka came to the PyeongChang Games planning to make history as the first person to compete at the Olympics in both skiing and snowboarding. Instead, she shocked the world, and herself, with an astonishing upset victory in the women’s super-G. “I thought they were going to put a couple more seconds on my time,” Ledecka later said, laughing and […]
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