Name Chris Klug Role Snowboarder | Spouse Melissa April (m. 2006) Education Deerfield Academy | |
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Books Interactive Storytelling for Video Games: Proven Writing Techniques for Role Playing Games, Online Games, First Person Shooters, and More Olympic medals Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's parallel giant slalom Profiles | ||
Chris klug snowboarding aspen mountain april 27 2011
Chris Klug (born November 18, 1972) is a professional alpine snowboarder. After receiving a liver transplant in 2000 to treat primary sclerosing cholangitis, he went on to compete in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, winning a bronze medal in the Parallel Giant Slalom. This was the first and so far only time a transplantee had competed in the Olympics, either winter or summer. He also won a bronze medal, and lit the torch at the 2002 National Kidney Foundation U.S. Transplant Games. He is an alumnus of Deerfield Academy.
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In 2004, Klug released a book called To the Edge and Back: My Story from Organ Transplant Survivor to Olympic Snowboarder. He is an active supporter of organ donation and recently founded the Chris Klug Foundation and Donor Dudes to spread awareness of the need for organ donors.
Plum tv chris klug snowboarding history
Personal life
Klug is married to Melissa April. They live in Aspen, Colorado and Sisters, Oregon with their two children.
