Amber Peterson (born April 24, 1982) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

. Peterson was born in

Thunder Bay Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population ...

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. She competes in aerials, and made her

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

debut in December 1999 at Blackcomb, British Columbia. Her first, and to date, only World Cup podium came at Lake Placid in January, 2006. Peterson has made, to date, 47 World Cup starts, and appeared at 3 World Championships Peterson competed at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

, but did not advance from the qualifying round, ending up 15th overall.

World Cup Podiums

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FIS profileOfficial site
1982 births Canadian female freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for Canada Sportspeople from Thunder Bay {{Canada-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub