Berenice Wicki (born 24 September 2002) is a Swiss snowboarder who competes in the

halfpipe A half-pipe is a structure used in gravity extreme sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, skiing, freestyle BMX, skating, and scooter riding. Overview The structure resembles a cross-section of a swimming pool, essentially two concave ra ...

discipline. She represented Switzerland at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

Career

At the 2015–16 FIS Snowboard Europa Cup #13 in

Davos , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Bergün/Bravuogn, Klosters-Serneus, Langwies, S-chanf, Susch , twintowns = } Davos (, ; or ; rm, ; archaic it, Tavate) is an Alpine resort town and a municipality in the Prättigau/Davos R ...

, Wicki won in the women's halfpipe #1 event. Wicki medaled gold at the 2017

FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships are the Junior World Championships in snowboarding organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). Hosts Men's events Giant slalom Parallel giant slalom Parallel slalom Halfpipe Snowboard ...

Laax Laax ( rm, Lags) is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. History Laax is first mentioned c. 1290–98 as ''Lags''. Geography Laax has an area, , of . Of this area, 35.8% is used for agricultural purp ...

. In the 2018 Junior World Championships in Cardrona, Wicki ranked 6th. At the 2019 Junior World Championships in

Leysin Leysin is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in the Aigle district of Switzerland. It is first mentioned around 1231–32 as ''Leissins'', in 1352 as ''Leisins''. Located in the Vaud Alps, Leysin is a sunny alpine resort village at the easter ...

, Wicki ranked 5th. In the 2018–19 FIS Snowboard Europa Cup #19 in

Crans-Montana Crans-Montana is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens, Montana and Randogne merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana. Cr ...

, Wicki won in the women's halfpipe event. Wicki represented Switzerland at the

2020 Winter Youth Olympics The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; french: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; it, Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; rm, Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), offic ...

in the girls' halfpipe event, where she medaled bronze with a score of 81.33. At the 2021 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships, Wicki ranked 17th in the women's snowboard halfpipe event; she did not qualify for the final. Wicki represented Switzerland at the

and ranked 7th in the women's halfpipe event, failing to medal. At the 2023 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships, she placed 8th in the women's snowboard halfpipe event.

References

External links

Berenice Wicki
at the

International Ski and Snowboard Federation The International Ski and Snowboard Federation, also known as FIS (french: Fédération Internationale de Ski et de Snowboard), is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. It was previously known as the International ...

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wicki, Berenice 2002 births Living people Snowboarders at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland 21st-century Swiss women Swiss female snowboarders Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for Switzerland