Elias Ambühl (born 26 March 1992) is a Swiss freestyle skier. He was born in Masein. He completed 1st in April 2011 at the Jon Olsson Invitational, he is the first skier to win with a triple cork. [1] He competed in slopestyle at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013.

Elias Ambühl
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 (age 32)
Masein, Switzerland
Sport
SportFreestyle skiing
Medal record
Men's Freestyle skiing
Representing  Switzerland
Winter X Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Aspen Big Air
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Aspen Big Air
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Aspen Big Air

Ambühl competed for Switzerland in slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, finishing 22nd. He competed again at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, where he qualified for the slopestyle final along with two fellow Swiss skiers and finished a much improved 9th.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kenny Küng (2011-05-04), Elias Ambühl (Triple Cork) JOSS 2011, retrieved 2019-02-26
  2. ^ "Elias Ambuehl". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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