BACKGROUND Ledecka is fifth Winter Olympics athlete with gold in two sports
Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - Czech Ester Ledecka became the fifth athlete, and the first woman, to win Olympic Winter Games gold in two different sports when she added the snowboard parallel slalom title to that in alpine skiing‘s super-g on Saturday.She is only the third of the five who have managed both victories at one Games.Name Country Gold Year Gold Year Thorleif Haug Norway Cross country 1924 Nordic 1924 combined Johann Norway cross country 1928 Nordic 1928 Grottumbsrate combined n Heikki Hasu Finland Nordic 1948 cross country 1952 combined relay Anfisa Soviet Union/ Cross country 1988 Biathlon relay 1994 Reszova Russia relay Ester Ledecka Czech Republic Alpine skiing 2018 Snowboard 2018