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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Tanja Frieden is the 4,362nd most popular athlete (down from 4,327th in 2019), the 916th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 922nd in 2019) and the 49th most popular Swiss Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tanja Frieden ranks 4,362 out of 6,025Before her are Peng Bo, Beatrice Chepkoech, Seiya Suzuki, Carl Hester, Lidia Valentín, and Hoàng Anh Tuấn. After her are Yvonne Murray, Jon Belaustegui, Mariya Ryemyen, Wang Mingjuan, Filip Filipović, and Rutger Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Tanja Frieden ranks 963Before her are Andrew Simpson, Sander van Gessel, Charlotte Ayanna, Anne Margrethe Hausken, Karsten Kroon, and Roberta Anastase. After her are Igors Stepanovs, Johnny Yong Bosch, Magnus Pehrsson, Anabela Braz Pires, Lim Chang-yong, and Jo Kanazawa.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Tanja Frieden ranks 916 out of 1,015Before 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 Noè Ponti (2001), Loïc Meillard (1996), Sven Riederer (1981), Johann Tschopp (1982), Neel Jani (1983), and Mika (1991).

Among ATHLETES In Switzerland

Among athletes born in Switzerland, Tanja Frieden ranks 49Before her are Viktor Röthlin (1974), Magali Messmer (1971), Maya Pedersen-Bieri (1972), Marcel Fischer (1978), Philipp Schoch (1979), and Nicola Spirig (1982). After her are Sven Riederer (1981), Nuria Fernández (1976), Daniel Hubmann (1983), Lena Häcki-Groß (1995), Xeno Müller (1972), and Daniela Meuli (1981).