Patrick Bussler

Patrick Bussler ( born June 1, 1984 in Munich) is a German snowboarder.

Patrick Bussler comes from Aschheim and starts for the resident club FC Aschheim. Patrick has two brothers with whom he drives from child to sport. He began, like his brothers, alpine skiing, but moved at the age of ten years to snowboard. In 1999 he played his first FIS races and early 2000 was followed by his first assignment in the European Cup. At the German Championships this year he managed the jump to third place in the giant slalom for the first time on the podium. At 17, he was accepted into the National Youth Squad and the first top - ten finishes in FIS races in the European Cup and followed. In early 2001, he started for the first time in the World Cup and finished in a parallel slalom in Berchtesgaden the 56th place. 2002 was followed by his first Junior World Championships in Rovaniemi, where a 11th place in the parallel giant slalom was the best placement. The next major event was the Snowboard World Championships 2003 at Kreischberg with number 32 did not run so well in the parallel slalom. The Junior World Championships in 2003 proceeded with 6th place in the snowboard cross something better.

At age 19, he moved to the sports promotion group of the German Army and has been increasingly used in the World Cup. In his last Junior World Championships in 2004, he finished fifth and seventh. In the Snowboard World Championships 2005 in Whistler, he was unable to convince the courts 25 and 34 again. For this he won at the German championships this year with second place in the parallel giant slalom his first runner-up title.

In the season 2005/2006 he made through the courts 14 and 15 at the World Cup in Le Relais and at the Kronplatz jump into the German squad for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. There he started in parallel giant slalom and came on the 19th rank. In the next season, he went three times among the top ten in the World Cup and won his first European Cup races in Nendaz. In the Snowboard World Championships in 2007 in Arosa but he had to settle for 28th place as best result. At the German Championships at the end of the season he won the parallel slalom his first title. Also 2007/2008 he was able to continue to improve and drove in the World Cup six times in the top ten. At the beginning of the season 2008/2009 he then finished third at the indoor parallel slalom in Landgraaf scored his first podium in the World Cup. In the Snowboard World Championships 2009 in Gangwon he was again third in the parallel slalom.

Achievements

• 3rd place snowboard World Cup parallel slalom in 2009
• 4th place Olympic Games 2014 in the parallel giant slalom