Chris Robanske

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Born: 30 December 1989 (age 34), Canada, Calgary, Alberta

Gender: Male

Nationality: Canadian

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Background: After having two seasons cut short due to injury, Chris Robanske had a healthy and successful 2012-13 campaign, highlighted by a pair of World Cup podiums including his first World Cup victory. He finished the season ranked sixth in the World Cup snowboard cross standings. He also competed at his first world championships where he was fourth in qualifying before finishing 12th. Robanske made his Olympic debut at Sochi 2014 where he finished tied for 17th after being eliminated in the quarterfinal heats. Robanske had experienced the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games as a forerunner for the snowboard cross event. He joined the national team in 2010-11 but his season ended after the 2011 Winter X Games in Aspen. A late addition to the field, he was coming off a huge final jump when he had to avoid landing on a fellow competitor who had gotten wild in the air. Robanske flew about 40 feet high and 110 feet in distance before a hard impact that caused compression fractures to his T7 and T11 vertebrae. His first event back was a World Cup in Telluride, Colorado in December 2011 where he finished second. But he would only compete in one other World Cup event during the 2011-12 season. At Veysonnaz, Switzerland in January 2012 he broke his left ankle, which he realized about five seconds into his semifinal run after a crash in an earlier round. He underwent surgery and took the rest of the season off to recover. - Official Canada Olympic Team