Ben Ferguson (born January 21, 1995) is an American snowboarder from Bend, Oregon.

Career

He won the silver medal at the Winter X Games XX and the bronze medal at the

Winter X Games XXII Winter X Games XXII (re-titled Winter X Games Aspen '18; styled as Winter X Games Twenty-Two in the official logo) were held from January 25 to January 28, 2018, in Aspen, Colorado. They were the 17th consecutive Winter X Games held in Aspen. The ...

. In 2018, he was named to the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding Team for 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 ...

. Ben spends most of his summers in Mt. Hood, Oregon teaching young snowboarders during his signature sessions at High Cascade Snowboard Camp. He is sponsored by 10 Barrel Brewing, Burton Snowboards, Redbull, Mt. Bachelor, Anon Optics, and Crabgrab.

Snowboarding career

Men's Halfpipe Competitions *2014 X Games Aspen - 5th *2015 X Games Aspen - 12th *2016 X Games Aspen - 2nd *2016 Burton U.S. Open - 2nd *2017 U.S. Grand Prix Copper Mountain - 2nd *2017 X Games Aspen - 7th *2017 Dew Tour - 3rd *2018 X Games Aspen - 3rd *2018 Burton U.S. Open - 4th *2018 U.S. Grand Prix Aspen - 2nd *2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics - 4th *2019 X Games Aspen - 6th Other Career Highlights *2012 Innsbruck Youth Olympics - 1st Halfpipe, 2nd Slopestyle *2013 Legendary Banked Slalom Mount Baker *2015 Red Bull Double Pipe - 1st place double's contest *Three-time winner of Danny Davis' Peace Park

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* * * * 1995 births American male snowboarders Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Snowboarders at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics X Games athletes Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for the United States Youth Olympic gold medalists for the United States Youth Olympic silver medalists for the United States 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-snowboarding-bio-stub