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Tanja Frieden

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Tanja Frieden (born 6 February 1976, in Bern) is a Swiss snowboarder. She won a gold medal in the inaugural Snowboard Cross competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics. In the Snowboard Cross finals at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Frieden was in second place well behind the American Lindsey Jacobellis, when the latter crashed while attempting to showboat on the second to last jump. Frieden passed Jacobellis and won the gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Tanja Frieden is the 4,775th most popular athlete (down from 4,284th in 2024), the 962nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 921st in 2019) and the 59th most popular Swiss Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tanja Frieden ranks 4,775 out of 6,025. Before her are Carles Sans, Frédéric Dufour, Seiya Suzuki, Carl Hester, Lidia Valentín, and Hoàng Anh Tuấn. After her are Fabienne Feraez, Yvonne Murray, Chung Jae-hun, Jon Belaustegui, Mariya Ryemyen, and Wang Mingjuan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Tanja Frieden ranks 1,071. Before her are Petar Stoychev, Charlotte Ayanna, Anne Margrethe Hausken, Karsten Kroon, Frédéric Dufour, and Roberta Anastase. After her are Fabienne Feraez, Igors Stepanovs, Johnny Yong Bosch, Magnus Pehrsson, Jovan Kirovski, and Anabela Braz Pires.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Tanja Frieden ranks 962 out of 1,015. Before her are Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian (1984), Daniel Albrecht (1983), Pedro Mendes (1990), Thabo Sefolosha (1984), Clint Capela (1994), and Edoardo Mortara (1987). After her are Vincent Sierro (1995), Noè Ponti (2001), Loïc Meillard (1996), Sven Riederer (1981), Johann Tschopp (1982), and Neel Jani (1983).

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Among ATHLETES In Switzerland

Among athletes born in Switzerland, Tanja Frieden ranks 59. Before her are Maya Pedersen-Bieri (1972), Marcel Fischer (1978), Philipp Schoch (1979), Beat Seitz (1973), Markus Nüssli (1971), and Nicola Spirig (1982). After her are Sven Riederer (1981), Nuria Fernández (1976), Cédric Grand (1976), Daniel Hubmann (1983), Lena Häcki-Groß (1995), and Xeno Müller (1972).

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