| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 13, 1988 Moscow, Russia |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 181 pounds (82 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Snowboarding |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Switzerland | ||
| FIS Snowboarding World Championships | ||
| Silver | 2011 La Molina | Halfpipe |
| X Games Medal Record | ||
| Silver | 2010 Aspen | SuperPipe |
Iouri Iourеvich Podladchikov (Russian: Юрий Юрьевич Подладчиков) (born September 13, 1988) is a Russian-Swiss snowboarder. He rides goofy stance.[1] He has competed since 2000.
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.[2] He won silver at the 14th X Games in 2010.
Podladtchikov placed fourth at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver for Switzerland.
At the Winter X Games Europe 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 (FIN).
His nickname is "I-Pod".