Andri Ragettli

Andri Ragettli (born 21 August 1998) is a Swiss freestyle skier and snowboarder. He has won seven world cup titles and four crystal globes,[1] including slopestyle in 2016 and 2018 and 2020, then big air in 2019.[2] He won a bronze medal in slopestyle at Winter X Games XXII.[3] He represented Switzerland in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, where he qualified for the final, along with two fellow Swiss skiers, and finished 7th. Andri also won his first X-Games gold medal at X-Games Norway 2020, this was his childhood dream.

Andri Ragettli
Personal information
Born (1998-08-21) 21 August 1998
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country  Switzerland
SportFreestyle skiing
Event(s)Slopestyle, Big air
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing   Switzerland
Winter X Games
2018 Aspen SlopeStyle
2020 Aspen Big Air
2020 NorwayBig Air
2020 NorwaySlopestyle
2021 AspenBig Air

He also has a YouTube-channel with over 54 thousand subscribers where he has already posted over 130 vlogs.

He is the first skier to perform a quad cork 1800 on skis. At the 2019 Audi Nines he became the second person to perform a quad cork 1980 on skis behind fellow Swiss skier Fabian Bösch.[4]

References
  1. Calum Trenaman, CNN Video by Noura Abou Zeinab, for. "Andri Ragettli: Pro ski champion lives double life as social media star". CNN. Retrieved 3 September 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Andri Ragettli crystal globe winner big air". Voekl. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. "Aspen 2018 Men's Ski SlopeStyle". Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. Pursell, Robert (28 March 2017). "Andri Ragettli lands world's first quad cork 1800 on skis; video". Adventure Sports Network. Retrieved 17 February 2018.


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