Selina Jörg
Selina Joerg ( born January 24, 1988 in Sonthofen ) is a German snowboarder in the disciplines parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom.
Jörg started from the age of 15 years at lower class FIS races and was then Europe and finally for the first time nominated only for in February 2005 for the World Cup. Two months later, she won the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships, in 2008 they even won and secured their first international title. In the meantime, she had decided for the first time a World Cup race in January 2007 - also the first and so far only time that she was on a World Cup podium. After two German league titles in 2008 and 2009, the Sonthofenerin qualified already early in the season 2009/10 for the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
Career
Rise in the German national squad (until 2006)
With the snowboarding Jörg began early; she explained that she did not even remember exactly when. At the age of 14, she left her home region, Allgaeu, and moved to the sports boarding school in Berchtesgaden. Even then it was clear that she wanted to be a professional snowboarder later. In December 2003, she made her debut in a lower class FIS races in the Austrian Kühtal at the international level, where they finished in 48th place among about 60 participants. In addition to the launch at the FIS races Sonthofenerin took part in the coming years in European Cup competitions, including national championships. In March 2004, she placed herself at the Austrian Championships - with international participation - in seventh place and was thus best German. Just before she reached for the first time at a FIS race as third parties the podium, one year later, she won the first time such a.
As of 2005, Jörg heard on the snowboard cross and focused on the parallel disciplines in which she unlocked the national forefront. In the parallel giant slalom she secured the fourth rank in the German Championship in April 2005 and was best German, as international starters were placed on the three podium ranks only. Thus, the 17 -year-old qualified for the shortly thereafter taking place Junior World Championships in Switzerland Zermatt. In the parallel giant slalom she moved it to the semifinals before, only difference there, and won the " small final " for third place. This won Jörg - behind her teammate Amelie Kober, was second - the bronze medal. She herself was surprised by this result, but at the same time also meant that the course was put very rhythmic, which have all met their taste.
This success in the juniors also meant Selina Joerg's breakthrough in the German national team. In February 2005, she had come to a first brief World Cup competition in which they had but missed points; From the winter 2005/ 06 she went regularly in the highest competition series at the start. The first World Cup points they secured as Eighteenth in Soelden in October 2005. During the same season she stood as a third party for the first time on a podium in the European Cup and also became German champion in the parallel slalom, but in the absence of Amelie Kober, who recently won an Olympic silver medal had. However, they missed another Junior World Championship medal when she finished sixth in February 2006 at the Junior World Championships in South Korea.
World Cup Champion and Junior World Champion (2006 to 2009)
In the World Cup season 2006/ 07 Jörg succeeded several times a place in the top 30, thus she qualified for the World Cup for the first time in the adult area, in which they, however, in two starts missed the top 30. For the Sonthofenerin impressed at the World Cup in Nendaz, the end of January 2007 was held a week after the World Cup. With this match - four days after her 19th birthday - she moved for the first time in her career in a World Cup final and defeated in this its Austrian rival Heidi Neururer. At her first World Cup victory explained Jörg: "I was glad to be ever reached the final. Once I was in the top eight, I did not care, and I have given gas. "Even the whipped Neurer recognized the power of the young Germans. In February 2007, Jörg could classify in the top ten two more times, thereby attaining a good rank 22 in the World Cup and even the 14th place in the Parallel World Cup. As for the number of points this season was thus to this day their most successful (as of 2010). Shortly before the end of the season prevented an injury, a bone chip in his ankle, taking part in the Junior World Championships.
The winter of 2007/ 08 began for Selina Joerg, who had started training in the army in the summer, also successful. In the first season competitions she came two more times in the top ten. At the site of their previous victory in Nendaz, she took the fifth position this time. At the World Cup in the new year 2008 Sonthofenerin cut off less successful, only once she reached the last sixteen of the best sixteen. But they showed a better performance at the Junior World Cup in Valmalenco in March 2008, the third and last for the now 20 - year-old. While she was eliminated in the parallel giant slalom due to a broken bond, it came the day after the Parallel Slalom finals and won it against the Norwegian Hilde Katrine Engeli. The Junior World Champion title was their first international. In the subsequent pre-Olympic season 2008/ 09 Jörg followed up on these good results to, was first German champion and reached shortly after the second time a World Cup semi-finals. In the final for the third place she succumbed to her teammate Anke Karstens, against which she had previously won the national championship. In January 2009, were once again at the World Championships of adults. In contrast to 2007, when they did not even reach the top 30 ranks, it was this time in the parallel slalom Ninth and thus best German.
Olympic Qualification (2009 to 2010)
As in the previous year, Jörg secured at the beginning of the Olympic winter 2009/10 league titles. On the same weekend, she also won a European Cup. This winning streak continued in parallel with the first World Cup of the season in the U.S. Telluride, which also provided the first opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. For this purpose all athletes had to meet by the German Olympic Sports Confederation ( DOSB) issued standard that consisted of either twice in the top 16 or even to finish in the top eight. Behind Amelie Kobler, who was in second best German, Selina Joerg placed on the seventh rank and managed so prematurely the qualification. In the quarterfinals, a fall prevented from doing even better. In the course of the season remaining before the Olympic Games confident Jörg few more times, in particular with several top ten results in the European Cup. The last pre-Olympic World Cup in Germany Sudelfeld they do not even survive the qualification, the head coach of the German Snowboard Association said, however: "It can happen, but its shape is right. Since we make a hook behind. "