Ina Meschik

{{Short description|Austrian snowboarder (born 1990)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| headercolor = #57caf4

| name = Ina Meschik

| image = Ina Meschik FIS World Cup Parallel Slalom Jauerling 2012a.jpg

| caption = Meschik in 2012

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|9|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria

| height = 1.60 m

| weight = 57 kg

| country = {{AUT}}

| sport = Snowboarding

| event = Alpine

| club = ASKÖ Landskron

| coach = Tom Weninger

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Competition|Junior World Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2008 Valmalenco|Parallel giant slalom}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2009 Nagano|Parallel giant slalom}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2010 Otago|Parallel giant slalom}}

}}

Ina Meschik (born 25 September 1990 in Sankt Veit an der Glan) is an Austrian alpine snowboarder.{{cite web |title=Ina MESCHIK |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-ina-meschik |website=Sochi2014.com |publisher=Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee |access-date=2 March 2014 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302103930/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-ina-meschik |url-status=dead}}{{cite sports-reference |title=Ina Meschik |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/ina-meschik-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111251/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/ina-meschik-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=2 March 2014}} She represented her nation Austria in three editions of the Olympic Games (2010, 2014 and 2018), and eventually claimed a bronze medal in parallel giant slalom at the 2010 FIS Junior World Championships in Lake Wānaka, New Zealand and fourth-place finishes at the FIS World Cup series.{{cite news |last=Haggart |first=Matthew |title=Snowsports: European boarders dominant |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/snowsports/123060/snowsports-european-boarders-dominant |publisher=Otago Daily Times |date=27 August 2010 |access-date=2 March 2014}} Meschik is currently a member of ASKÖ Landskron Ski Club in Villach, under her personal coach Tom Weninger.{{cite news |title=Meschik mit besten Chancen für Olympia |trans-title=Meschik has a best chance for an Olympic medal |language=German |url=http://www.kleinezeitung.at/kaernten/villach/villach/3522219/meschik-besten-chancen-fuer-olympia.story |publisher=Kleine Zeitung |date=16 January 2014 |access-date=2 March 2014}}

Meschik made her official debut, as a 19-year-old, at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where she finished sixth in the women's giant slalom, losing out to Germany's Anke Karstens in the classification final match by sixty-four hundredths of a second.{{cite web |title=Snowboarding - Women's Parallel Giant Slalom - Medal round Results | 2010 Winter Olympics |url=http://i.nbcolympics.com/snowboarding/resultsandschedules/event=SBW230000/phase=SBW230MMM/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=2 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228131710/http://i.nbcolympics.com/snowboarding/resultsandschedules/event=SBW230000/phase=SBW230MMM/index.html |archive-date=28 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Meschik qualified for two alpine snowboarding events (including the first ever women's parallel slalom) by achieving fourth-place finishes from the FIS World Cup series in Rogla, Slovenia, and in Carezza, Italy.{{cite news |title=Career's first for Ledecka and Mathies in Rogla PGS; First Czech win on Alpine Snowboard World Cup tour; Exciting race for Crystal Globes |url=http://www.rogla.eu/en/winter/news/n/careers-first-for-ledecka-and-mathies-in-rogla-pgs-first-czech-win-on-alpine-snowboard-world-cup/ |publisher=Rogla Ski Resort |year=2013 |access-date=2 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207114754/http://www.rogla.eu/en/winter/news/n/careers-first-for-ledecka-and-mathies-in-rogla-pgs-first-czech-win-on-alpine-snowboard-world-cup/ |archive-date=7 February 2014}}{{cite news |date=13 December 2013 |title=Meschik schrammt am Podest vorbei |trans-title=Meschik scrapes past the podium |language=German |publisher=Laola1 |url=http://www.laola1.at/de/wintersport/winter-mix/snowboard/pgs-carezza-unterkofler-sieg/page/72115-334-191-209-.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210053812/https://www.laola1.at/de/wintersport/winter-mix/snowboard/pgs-carezza-unterkofler-sieg/page/72115-334-191-209-.html |archive-date=10 February 2014}} In the women's giant slalom, Meschik improved her prior performance in Vancouver with a fourth-place finish, but narrowly missed the bronze medal by almost a full second behind host nation's Alena Zavarzina in their small final match.{{cite web |title=Ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom Finals |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/snowboard-ladies-pgs-finals |website=Sochi2014.com |publisher=Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee |access-date=2 March 2014 |archive-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223154811/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/snowboard-ladies-pgs-finals |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Shawn |date=19 February 2014 |title=Husband/wife duo Vic Wild, Alena Zavarzina win medals in parallel giant slalom |publisher=NBC Olympics |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/husband-wife-duo-vic-wild-alena-zavarzina-win-medals-parallel-giant-slalom |url-status=dead |access-date=2 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302141519/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/husband-wife-duo-vic-wild-alena-zavarzina-win-medals-parallel-giant-slalom |archive-date=2 March 2014}} Three days later, in the inaugural women's slalom, Meschik did not match her stellar stint from the giant slalom, as she lost the quarterfinal match to Germany's Amelie Kober by a hundredth-second margin.{{cite web |title=Ladies' Parallel Slalom Quarterfinals |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/snowboard-ladies-psl-quarterfinals |website=Sochi2014.com |publisher=Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee |access-date=2 March 2014 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302113439/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/snowboard-ladies-psl-quarterfinals |url-status=dead}}

Meschik finished eighth in the women's parallel giant slalom event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.{{cite web |url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/snowboard/athlete-profile-n3023604-ina-meschik.htm |title=Andreas PROMMEGGER |work=Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228042457/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/snowboard/athlete-profile-n3023604-ina-meschik.htm |archive-date=28 February 2018 |url-status=dead}}