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Snowboarding At The 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's Big Air
The women's big air competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 and 22 February 2018 at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event made its Olympic debut. Qualification The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 30 could qualify across both events. A maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event (in either big air or slopestyle) or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics South Korea competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, from 9 to 25 February 2018, as the host nation. It was represented by 122 compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium
Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre (알펜시아 스키점프 경기장) is a ski jumping hills located at Alpensia Resort in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They hosted the ski jumping and the nordic combined events during the 2018 Winter Olympics. They also operate as an association football venue by using their landing area as the pitch. History The ski jumping hills hosted the ski jumping and the nordic combined events at the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi .... The stadium holds a maximum of 13,500 spectators, and was built in 2008; for the Olympics, the capacity was reduced to 8,500 seats. Ski jumping events Men Ladies References External links 2018 Winter Olympics, Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium Page Venues of the 2018 Winter O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sina Candrian
Sina Candrian (born 21 November 1988 in Flims) is a Swiss snowboarder competing in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Career Candrian's career in competitive snowboarding began in 2005, when she took 3rd place in the FIS Junior World Championships in Zermatt. The following year, she placed first in Big Air at the FIS Junior World Snowboard Championships in Korea. Her first TTR event was the Burton European Open, also in 2006, at Laax. She placed 4th in the 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam Slopestyle and won the Halfpipe at the 6Star O'Neill Evolution. At the end of the 2007–08 season, she was placed 6th in the world in the TTR. In 2008–09, she placed 2nd in Slopestyle at the 6Star Burton European Open and ended the season ranked 7th. In 2009–10, she placed 5th in the Roxy Chicken Jam and 2nd in the 6Star Burton European Open, and also won the first FIS Slopestyle Contest in Calgary. She placed 3rd in both the 5Star Burton Canadian Open and the first X-Games Europe. At the Burton US O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofya Fyodorova
Sofya Vyacheslavovna Fyodorova (alternatively romanized as Fedorova) (russian: Софья Вячеславовна Фёдорова; born 4 September 1998) is a Russian snowboarder. Biography Sofya was born in Moscow. She began snowboarding at age 13. In the 2013–14 season she took second place in the Russian Championship in slopestyle and third place in the halfpipe. In the 2014-15 season she won the national championships and the Russia Student Games, both in halfpipe. In the 2015–16 season she won three European Cups in slopestyle. In 2015, she won the Junior World Championship in big air Big air is a high-injury-risk sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a motocross motorcycle, a skateboard, a snowboard, or a pair of skis, down a hill or ramp and performs aerial tricks after launching off very large jump .... In 2018 she won the overall World Cup in slopestyle. Fyodorova is an Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2019). World Cup Podiums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Maas
Cheryl Maas (born 28 September 1984) is a Dutch snowboarder, who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, finishing 11th at the halfpipe. She also competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, finishing 20th in slopestyle and in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang where she finished 23rd in slopestyle and 20th in big air. She started snowboarding in 1993. In 2004, she played in the snowboard movie ''Dropstitch''. 2016 Oslo Cheryl Maas took home a gold medal during the women’s big air event. Winter X Games 13 She had an accident in the Winter X Games 13 slopestyle track while training before the event. Personal life Cheryl Maas lived in Oslo and is married to Natalie Hatfield from Boise, Idaho in February 2021. Cheryl has two daughters called Lara and Mila Kjeldaas, with her ex-wife Stine Brun Kjeldaas. After Maas qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šárka Pančochová
Šárka Pančochová (, born 1 November 1990) is a Czech snowboarder. She started snowboarding in 2002 at her local mountains in Moravia, Czech Republic. Career Šárka got her first sponsor in the 2005/06 season. In 2007/2008 at the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, Pančochová won the 3Star Quiksilver Snowjam and the Protest and O2 World Rookie fests. In the same season, she won the title of FIS Junior World Champion in Valmalenco, Italy. In 2008/09, she won at the 4Star Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam in Austria and ended the season as World No. 8 on the TTR World Rankings. In 2009/10, Pančochová followed the (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)) and finished the season as World No. 3. Šárka had her first six-star podium moment at the Burton European Open, where she placed third in slopestyle. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she represented the Czech Republic and placed 14th in the halfpipe. Pančochová won a silver medal in slopestyle at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Könz
Elena Könz (born 12 September 1987, Guarda) is a Swiss snowboarder, competing in slopestyle. Könz qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ... and showed the third result in her heat in the qualification round (the seventh best result in the qualification), directly qualifying for the final. In the final, she fell in both runs and was classified ninth. Her best World Cup result finish and the only podium before the 2014 Olympics was the third-place finish in Copper Mountain on December 22, 2013. Könz only learned to ride snowboard as a teenager. References External links * Könz Sochi profile Swiss female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Switzerland Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Voigt
Brooke Voigt (born 17 November 1993) is a Canadian freestyle snowboarder. She grew up in Fort McMurray, Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ... and graduated from the National Sports School in Calgary. Career Winter Olympics Voigt was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team in the slopestyle and big air events. In January 2022, Voigt was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. References Canadian female snowboarders 1993 births Living people Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for Canada {{Canada-snowboarding-bio-stub People from Fort McMurray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enni Rukajärvi
Enni Rukajärvi (born 13 May 1990) is a Finnish snowboarder. She is world chamion and Olympic medalist in slopestyle. Biography Rukajärvi won the gold medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships in the slopestyle event. Rukajärvi also won gold in Snowboard SlopeStyle at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen. Enni won the silver medal representing Finland in slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she also served as the flagbearer. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, she won a bronze medal in slopestyle and also competed in big air Big air is a high-injury-risk sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a motocross motorcycle, a skateboard, a snowboard, or a pair of skis, down a hill or ramp and performs aerial tricks after launching off very large jump ....http://www.pyramidmagazine.com/features/silver-surfer-enni-rukajarvi/ – Real Talk Interview References External links *FIS-Ski.com– Biography 1990 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Somaini
Carla Somaini (born 13 October 1991) is a Swiss snowboarder who competes internationally. She represented Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte .... References External links * 1991 births Living people Swiss female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Switzerland Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Universiade bronze medalists for Switzerland Universiade medalists in snowboarding Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade 21st-century Swiss women {{Switzerland-snowboarding-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailey Langland
Hailey Langland (born August 2, 2000) is an American snowboarder who won a bronze medal in slopestyle at Winter X Games XX. Langland made her first Olympic appearance at age 17 representing the United States at the Winter Olympics, United States in Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Women's big air, big air and Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Women's slopestyle, slopestyle at the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's big air, Women's big air, and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle, Women's slopestyle. Career Langland spent her 2017 summer training with the US Snowboard Team at High Cascade Snowboard Camp. In 2018, she had a "Signature Session" at High Cascade. She won the gold medal in the Big Air event new to the 2017 Winter X Games, with a clutch performance in the final minutes. She landed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Rich (snowboarder)
Jessica Rich (born 21 March 1990) is an Australian snowboarder who competes internationally. She represented Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte .... References 1990 births Living people Australian female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Australia Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics 21st-century Australian women Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-snowboarding-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessika Jenson
Jessika Jenson (born August 7, 1991) is an American snowboarder born in Idaho Falls, Idaho She represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, where she finished 5th in slopestyle and made the finals in big air Big air is a high-injury-risk sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a motocross motorcycle, a skateboard, a snowboard, or a pair of skis, down a hill or ramp and performs aerial tricks after launching off very large jumps .... References External links * * * * 1991 births Living people American female snowboarders Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for the United States People from Idaho Falls, Idaho 21st-century American women {{US-snowboarding-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
