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Snowboarding At The 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's Slopestyle
The women's slopestyle competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Summary Due to high winds, the qualification round originally scheduled for 11 February 2018 was cancelled. All athletes competed in a two-run final round instead of the typical two-run qualification round and three-run final round. Due to the high winds on the final day, the snowboarding event was delayed for more than an hour. The strong headwinds continued into the final, causing many falls amongst the competitors. Of the 25 participants, only five managed to stay on their feet during the first run. No snowboarders recorded two clear runs. Several snowboarders said that the final was irresponsible. According to the FIS, the conditions were "within the norm". The 2014 Olympic champion Jamie Anderson successfully defended her title. Laurie Blouin won the silver medal, and Enni Rukajärvi, the 2014 silver medalist, the bronze. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogwang Phoenix Park
file:2018_Olympics_Phoenix_Pyeongchang_slopestyle_Area.jpg, 250px, Phoenix Pyeongchang slope Phoenix Pyeongchang ( ko, 휘닉스 평창), also known as Phoenix Snow Park or Bokwang Snow Park, is a ski resort in South Korea. It is located in the township of Bongpyeong-myeon, in the county of Pyeongchang. It was the venue for the Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics, freestyle skiing and Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics, snowboarding events in the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The capacity of the venue is 18,000 (10,200 seated and 7,800 standing). It is one of the locations where the television drama ''Autumn in My Heart'' was shot. References External linksBokwang Phoenix Park Tourist attractions in Pyeongchang County Ski areas and resorts in South Korea Venues of the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarding venues Olympic freestyle skiing venues Sports venues in Pyeongchang County {{Winter-Olympic-venue-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] |
Isabel Derungs
Isabel Derungs (born 17 July 1987) is a Swiss snowboarder, competing in slopestyle. Derungs participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang and became 18th in the ladies' slopestyle final. Four years earlier, she qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics and showed the best result in her heat in the qualification round (the fourth best result in the qualification), directly qualifying for the final. In the final, she fell in both runs and was classified 8th. As of 2012, Derungs was a student at ETH Zurich (colloquially) , former_name = eidgenössische polytechnische Schule , image = ETHZ.JPG , image_size = , established = , type = Public , budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021) , rector = Günther Dissertori , president = Joël Mesot , ac ... working on the master's degree in environmental sciences. Before 2011, she was playing football and made it to U-19 Swiss National Team. Then she switched to snowboard. At FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013 Derungs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimee Fuller
Aimee Nicole E. Fuller (born 21 July 1991) is a British slopestyle snowboarder who represented Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 Winter Olympics. Early life Fuller was born in Farnborough, and grew up in nearby Keston. She moved to Washington D.C., USA, in 2003 aged 12, attending the British School of Washington, but moved back to the UK at the age of 16 to live in Northern Ireland where she attended Sullivan Upper School in Holywood. Career Fuller finished 5th in the 2017 World Rankings and 3rd in the World Cup Big Air Super Series Tour. British Champion 2017 Slopestyle and Big Air. 7th in the overall rankings 2013/14 . She has competed at the X Games, finishing 6th in the Winter X Games in Europe, eighth in the Winter X Games XVII in 2013 and seventh in the Winter X Games XVIII in 2014. Fuller is a 2 X Olympian, competed for Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. In the women's slopestyle event she scored 39.00 on her first ru ... [...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] |
Anna Gasser
Anna Gasser (born 16 August 1991) is an Austrian snowboarder, competing in slopestyle and big air. She lives in Millstatt. She is the 2018 and 2022 Olympic Champion in Big air. Gasser qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics and showed the best result in the qualification round, directly qualifying for the final. In 2017 Gasser won Gold in the Big air event at the Snowboard World Championships in Spain. Gasser also had a successful 2017 X Games performance winning gold in Slopestyle and bronze in Big air in Hafjell, and silver for Big air in Aspen. Career Anna Gasser started to compete in snowboarding in the 2010/2011 season. Before competing in slopestyle, Gasser was part of the Austrian National Gymnastics Team. At FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013 Gasser finished 18th. Her best World Cup result and the only podium finish before the 2014 Olympics was the third-place finish in Stoneham on 19 January 2014. In November 2013, Gasser became the first female snowboarder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reira Iwabuchi
is a Japanese snowboarder. She won a silver medal in big air at Winter X Games XXII. At the 2023 X Games The X Games are an annual extreme sports event organized, produced and broadcast by ESPN. Coverage is also shown on ESPN's sister network, ABC. The inaugural X Games were held during the summer of 1995 in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island, ..., she became the first female to land a triple underflip in competition. She did so while competing in women’s snowboard big air, and won a gold medal in it. References External links * * * * 2001 births Living people X Games athletes Japanese female snowboarders Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for Japan 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-snowboarding-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Zoi Katherine Sadowski-Synnott (, born 6 March 2001) is a New Zealand Snowboarding, snowboarder, specialising in slopestyle and big air competitions. She won the gold medal in the Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle, women's slopestyle and silver in the Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's big air, big air at the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming New Zealand's first gold medallist and first to win multiple medals at the New Zealand at the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics. She also won the bronze medal in the Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's big air, women's big air at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and won the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019 – Women's snowboard slopestyle, women's slopestyle title at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, 2019 World Championships. Early life and family Sadowski-Synnott was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to a New Zealand fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asami Hirono
is a Japanese snowboarder who competes internationally. She represented Japan 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 * 1990 births Living people Japanese female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders of Japan Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Marino (snowboarder)
Julia (Jules) Marino (born September 11, 1997) is an American snowboarder from Westport, Connecticut living in Quebec who competes in the Slopestyle and Big Air disciplines. Early life Marino was born in Westport, Connecticut, which she says was close enough to the mountains to make weekend trips to ski slopes. Her family would visit Beaver Creek, Colorado once a year to ski on bigger mountains than in the east. She has a younger sister named Cece, and also skateboarded as a child. She had been skiing since age 3, but tried snowboarding for the first time at age 9, and fell in love with it and began competing at age 12 after snowboarding for the remainder of a trip after breaking a ski. Marino says that she continued skiing as well as snowboard until age 14 when she decided to seriously pursue snowboarding. She joined the Stratton Mountain School weekend program in Vermont when she was 13, and attended full time the following winter. When she was 15, she moved to Breckenridge ... [...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] |
Yuka Fujimori
is a Japanese snowboarder. She has represented Japan at the Winter Olympics on four occasions: 2006 in Torino, 2010 in Vancouver, 2014 in Sochi, and 2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ... in Pyeongchang.Women's SNB slope final, NBC February 11,2018 References 1986 births Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic snowboarders of Japan Japanese female snowboarders 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-snowboarding-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
