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Chris Klug (Snowboarder) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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Chris Klug is a professional alpine skier. After receiving a liver transplant in 2000 for primary sclerosing cholangitis, he continued to compete in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, winning a bronze medal in the parallel giant slalom. It is the first and only time to date that an organ transplant has participated in the Olympic Games, in winter as in summer. He also won a bronze medal and lit the torch at the National Kidney Foundation 2002 from the National Kidney Foundation. He is a Deerfield Academy alumnus. In 2004, Klug published his book To the Edge and Back: My Story from Organ Transplant Survivor to Olympic Snowboarder. He is an active advocate for organ donation and recently founded the Chris Klug and Dudes Donors Foundation to raise awareness of the need for organ donors.

About Chris Klug

Snowboarder Chris Klug was born on November 18, 1972 in Vail, Colorado, United States (He's 51 years old now).

After having a liver transplant in 2000, he became the first transplantee to compete in the Olympic Games. He went on to win a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and write the memoirs To the Edge and Back about his experiences.

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Chris Klug before becoming famous

Chris Klug was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1972 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rat (鼠).

He attended Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and graduated with honors.

Achievement of Chris Klug

To increase awareness for those in need of organ donors, he formed The Snowboarder Chris Klug Foundation and Donor Dudes.

Chris Klug's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 2006, he married Melissa April, with whom he has two daughters.

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In the 2016 Winter X Games, he defeated silver medalist Snowboarder Danny Davis in the Dual Salom.

Chris Klug Income & Net worth

Chris Klug's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a snowboarder. Information about his net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Chris Klug.

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Latest information about Chris Klug updated on March 14 2023.