Dieter Krassnig

Dieter Krassnig was a three-times Austrian Olympian from Nagano 1998 until Torino 2006. He participated in the giant slalom in 1998 and placed an unfortunate fourth, in the parallel giant slalom in 2002 and came 14th, and in the snowboardcross in 2006, finishing fourth and last in the B-final, resulting in an eight-place classification. Krassnig was World Championship runner-up in giant slalom and parallel slalom in 1997. He later founded his own coaching company.