Chris Corning (born September 7, 1999) is an American

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...

. He 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 ...

and

slopestyle Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features. Points are scored for amplitude, originality and quality of tricks. The disci ...

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 ...

. He won a bronze medal in

at the

FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 The 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships were held in Sierra Nevada, Spain, from March 6–19, 2017. Snowboard cross team events for men and women were introduced to the championships schedule for the first time, bringin ...

. He was selected to participate in 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 ...

, placing 4th in the big air contest and 17th in slopestyle. In 2018 he placed 2nd in the Burton US Open, behind Mark McMorris. He won a gold medal in

at the

FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019 The 2019 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships was held in Utah, in resorts Park City, Deer Valley and Solitude Mountain, from February 1 to 10, 2019. 19-year-old Dmitry Loginov of Russia became the youngest World Champion in ...

in Utah. He competed in 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 ...

, placing 6th in slopestyle, and 7th in big air.

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Chris Corning
at U.S. Ski & Snowboard * * * * 1999 births Living people X Games athletes American male snowboarders Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for the United States 21st-century American sportsmen People from Summit County, Colorado {{US-snowboarding-bio-stub