Amelie Kober

Amelie Kober, born on 16 November 1987 in Bad Aibling, is a German snowboarder and Olympic medalist who is also a German Federal Police officer. She won silver at the 2005 Junior World Championships in Zermatt. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin she was the youngest competitor in the parallel giant slalom; she fell in the quarter-finals but recovered to reach the final and win silver. She took silver in the same event at the 2007 world championships in Arosa and won the parallel giant slalom of the 2009 to 2010 World Cup at Sudelfeld. She also competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where after the semi-final she said she was expecting a child.