Iouri Iourеvich Podladchikov (born September 13, 1988) is a Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n-Swiss  snowboard

Snowboard

Snowboards are boards, usually with a width the length of one's foot, with the ability to glide on snow. Snowboards are differentiated from monoskis by the stance of the user...

er. He rides goofy stance

Footedness

Footedness, similar to handedness, is the natural preference of one's left or right foot for various purposes. While purposes vary, such as applying the greatest force in a kick or stomp, footedness is most commonly associated with the preference of a particular foot in the leading position while...

. He has competed since 2000.

Career

Podladtchikov grew up in Davos, Switzerland, and started snowboarding in 2000. He changed nationality after competing for Russia in Turin at age 17. In the final rankings he was 37th.

Graduated from Sports Highschool Davos in 2008. Podladtchikov, known on the circuit as I-Pod, won the halfpipe World Cup title in 2008. In December 2008, he won the Zurich Sports Award Team/Indiviual athlete. He won silver at the 14th X Games in 2010.

Podladtchikov placed fourth at the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

 in Vancouver for Switzerland.

At the Winter X Games Europe

Winter X Games Europe

Winter X Games Europe was held from March 10-12, 2010 in Tignes, France. It was the first Winter X Games competition held outside of the United States. The events were broadcast by ESPN and Canal+. Event consisted of slopestyle and superpipe competitions for both skiers and snowboarders on men's...

 in 2010 Podladtchikov successfully landed a Double McTwist 1260 putting him in first place with a score of 98.00, the highest in Winter X Games history. Podladtchikov is the only other person in the world beside Shaun White that has landed a Double McTwist 1260.

Podladtchikov also competes regularly at major events on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour. He finished the 06/07 season in World No. 6 on the Swatch TTR World Ranking List and had five Top 10 finishes on the TTR Tour in 07/08. His 2009/10 season on the TTR Tour has been successful with two wins at Swatch TTR halfpipe events, the 6Star O'Neill Evolution 2010 and the 5Star Burton Canadian Open. His win came after a couple of 2nd places at the Dew Tour and Winter XGames. He finished the 2009/10 season in World No. 2 right behind TTR World Tour Champion, Peetu Piiroinen

Peetu Piiroinen

Peetu Piiroinen is a Finnish snowboarder.-Personal life:Living in Hyvinkää, Finland, with his home mountain being Sveitsin Hiihtokeskus, Peetu has been travelling the world competing since 1997....

(FIN).

His nickname is "I-Pod".

Best event results

• TTR
• 2009, 3rd Place, 6Star Burton European Open Halfpipe
• 2008, 3rd Place, 4Star Fiat Rock the Spot Halfpipe
• 2008, 4th Place, 6Star Burton European Open Halfpipe
• 2007, 2nd Place, 6Star O'Neill Evolution Halfpipe
• 2007, 2nd Place, 6Star Burton European Open Halfpipe

• FIS-World Cup
• 2009, 2nd Place, Halfpipe Cardrona NZE  World Cup
• 2007, 1st Place, Halfpipe, Saas Fee World Cup   
• 2007, 1st Place, Halfpipe,  Saas Fee  Europa Cup