Alessandro Hämmerle

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{{Short description|Austrian snowboarder (born 1993)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Alessandro Hämmerle

| image = Alessandro Hämmerle - Team Austria Winter Olympics 2018.jpg

| caption = Hämmerle in 2018

| nationality = Austrian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|7|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Frauenfeld, Switzerland

| height = 1.90 m

| weight = 82 kg

| sport = Snowboarding

| country = Austria

| event = Snowboard cross

| club =

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's snowboarding}}

{{MedalCountry|{{AUT}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Beijing|Snowboard cross}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Idre|Snowboard cross}}

{{MedalBronze|2025 Engadin|Snowboard cross}}

{{Medal|Competition|Winter Universiade}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Granada|Snowboard cross }}

}}

Alessandro Hämmerle (born 30 July 1993) is a Swiss-born Austrian snowboarder, and Olympic gold medalist in the snowboard cross.{{Cite web|title=HAEMMERLE Alessandro - Athlete Information|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sector=SB&competitorid=134754|access-date=2022-02-12|website=www.fis-ski.com}}

Hämmerle competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Austria. In the snowboard cross, he finished 2nd in his 1/8 round race, advancing to the quarter-finals, where he placed 5th, not advancing, and ending up 17th overall.{{cite web |title=Sports Reference Profile|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/alessandro-hammerle-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113944/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/alessandro-hammerle-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020}}{{cite web|title=Sochi2014.com profile |date=19 March 2014 |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-alessandro-haemmerle |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319132930/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-alessandro-haemmerle |archivedate=19 March 2014 }}

As of September 2014, his best showing at the World Championships was 6th, in the 2013 snowboard cross.

Hämmerle made his World Cup debut in December 2010. As of September 2014, he had one World Cup victory, coming at Sochi in 2012–13. His best overall finish was 4th in 2012–13.

He won the gold medal in snowboard cross at the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{Cite web|date=2022-02-10|title=Austria Wins Gold in Men's Snowboard Cross in Photo Finish, USA's Jake Vedder 6th|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/beijing-winter-olympics/austria-wins-gold-in-mens-snowboard-cross-in-photo-finish-usas-jake-vedder-6th/2754735/|access-date=2022-02-12|website=NBC Chicago|language=en-US}}