Sage Kotsenburg

Sage Kotsenburg ( born July 27, 1993 Coeur d' Alene, Idaho) is an American snowboarder.

Career

Kotsenburg made ​​his international debut at the FIS snowboard competitions in December 2006 in the halfpipe, and as of January 2008 in the Slopestyle. In March 2008 he was in Sno Mountain, Pennsylvania in second for the first time on the podium. From December 2008 Kotsenburg started in Nor- Am Cup. At the Winter X Games 2010 in Tignes, he won silver in the slopestyle. Two years later he repeated this success at the Winter X Games 2012 in Aspen. Previously, he was able to win at the Winter X Games 2011 in Aspen Bronze in Big Air contest.

On January 11, 2013 Kotsenburg made ​​his debut in the Snowboard World Cup. Once he was in the qualification for the slopestyle competition even fifth, he finished the race in 17th In the Snowboard World Cup 2013 in Stoneham, he landed in the slopestyle qualifiers in third place and thus was considered one of the medal favorites in the race, However, what he could finish only ranked 20.

At the World Cup in Spindleruv Mlyn in March and Copper Mountain in December 2013 he won the qualification, but missed the podium in the competitions ranks partly clear. At the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi, Russia, for which he had qualified on the overall World Cup standings, Kotsenburg won on February 8, the inaugural competition in slopestyle and thus became the first Olympic champion in this discipline.