Ester Ledecka is a Czech athlete born March 23, 1995, who competes at the elite level in both alpine skiing and snowboarding. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics she won gold in the super-G in alpine skiing and gold in the parallel giant slalom in snowboarding at the same Games, the first athlete ever to win gold medals in two different sports using two different types of equipment at one Winter Olympics. She won another parallel giant slalom snowboarding gold at the 2022 Beijing Games and has won multiple World Championship medals in both disciplines.
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Career HighlightWon two Olympic gold medals in two different sports (alpine skiing super-G and snowboard parallel giant slalom) at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, becoming the first athlete to do so at a single Winter Olympics. 2 Classification
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At how many Olympic Games has Ester Ledecka competed, and how many medals has she won?
Four Winter Olympics and three medals, all gold.
Ester Ledecka has competed at four Winter Olympics, in 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026, and she has won three Olympic medals, all of them gold. Two came at Pyeongchang in 2018, in the snowboard parallel giant slalom and in the alpine skiing super-G. The third came in the snowboard parallel giant slalom in 2022. At her first Games in 2014 she finished seventh in the parallel giant slalom and sixth in the parallel slalom, and in 2026 she finished fifth in the parallel giant slalom.
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Ester Ledecká (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛstɛr ˈlɛdɛtskaː], born 23 March 1995) is a Czech snowboarder and alpine skier.
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Ester Ledecká (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛstɛr ˈlɛdɛtskaː], born 23 March 1995) is a Czech snowboarder and alpine skier.
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Ester Ledecká (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛstɛr ˈlɛdɛtskaː], born 23 March 1995) is a Czech snowboarder and alpine skier.
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won gold medals in the super-G in alpine skiing and in the parallel giant slalom in snowboarding, becoming the first person to not only compete in the Winter Olympics using two different types of equipment (skis and snowboard) but to go further and win two gold medals and do so at the same Winter Olympics.
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At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Ledecká won gold medals in the super-G in alpine skiing and in the parallel giant slalom in snowboarding, becoming the first person to not only compete in the Winter Olympics using two different types of equipment (skis and snowboard) but to go further and
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is a Czech snowboarder and alpine skier.
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is a Czech snowboarder and alpine skier.
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