Boarders Without Borders Trivia Quiz

Answer: Philipp Schoch

Swiss snowboarder Philipp Schoch entered the men's parallel giant slalom as the reigning gold medal winner, having won gold in 2002 in Salt Lake City. He defeated his brother Simon in the final, earning gold for the second consecutive Olympic games, with his brother winning silver. Austria's won bronze in the event.

Answer: Danny Kass

American Danny Kass won back to back silver medals in 2002 in Salt Lake, and 2006 in Turin. He was runner-up to American Ross Powers in 2002, and American Shaun White in 2006, who also won gold the following Olympics in 2010 in Vancouver.

Answer: Red Gerard

Gold in the men's slopestyle went to Red Gerard (USA), while silver and bronze both went to Canada. The USA won gold in the men's slopestyle in back to back Winter Olympics, having also claimed victory in Sochi, 2014 (won by Sage Kotsenburg).

Answer: Enni Rukajärvi

Enni Rukajärvi of Finland was a gold medal winner in 2011 Snowboarding World Championships. Her Olympic ambitions in slopestyle fell short of gold, winning silver in Sochi, and following up her silver medal, with bronze in Pyeongchang. The gold medal winner in Sochi, Jamie Anderson of the United States, defended gold in Pyeongchang. Anderson also claimed silver in the women's Big Air event in 2018.

Answer: Amelie Kober

German snowboarder Amelie Kober fell to Daniela Meuli of Switzerland for gold. Kober also medaled in the Women's Parallel Slalom in Sochi in 2014, claiming bronze. Germany claimed gold in the first year snowboarding was introduced as an Olympic event. That gold was claimed by Nicola Thost in the women's half-pipe in Nagano in 1998.

Answer: Liu Jiayu

Liu Jiayu placed in the top ten in women's half-pipe events in the Winter Olympics in 2010, 2014 and, 2018. She became the first Chinese athlete to win a medal in a snowboarding event since the addition in 1998 of snowboarding in the Winter Olympics, winning silver in 2018.

Answer: Pierre Vaultier

Pierre Vaultier of France won gold in both Sochi and Pyeongchang. He was the second person to win back to back gold medals in snowboard cross in consecutive games. The previous two in Turin and Vancouver were both won by American Seth Wescott. France was represented on the medal podiums in all four Olympics in snowboard cross from 2006 to 2018, Vaultier winning gold in the final two, and bronze won by two of his countrymen in 2006 and 2010.

Answer: Mark McMorris

Canada won silver and bronze in the men's slopestyle in Pyeongchang, the bronze winner Mark McMorris defending his bronze medal from Sochi in 2014. Max Parrot, his fellow Canadian, won silver in 2018.

Answer: Hannah Teter

United States snowboarder Hannah Teter won gold in 2006, and silver in 2010 in the women's half-pipe. Teter was bested for gold by Australian Torah Bright, who also won silver in the half-pipe in 2014.

Answer: Eva Samková

Eva Samková of the Czech Republic entered the 2018 Olympics looking to defend her gold medal in the women's snowboard cross from 2014. She fell short of gold, losing out to Michela Moioli of Italy who won gold, and Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau of France, who won silver.