Courtney Rummel (born November 12, 2003) is an American professional snowboarder, specializing in big air 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 ...

. Rummel was named to the US Team for 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 ...

, finishing 19th in the big air event and 17th in the slopestyle event. She also competed in 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 ...

Early life

Rummel was born to her mother, Kimberly Rummel, and father, John Rummel, on November 12, 2003. Rummel was inspired to start snowboarding after seeing her brother, Cole, win competitions. She would first make an appearance at Sunburst Ski Hill in

Kewaskum, Wisconsin Kewaskum is a village in Washington and Fond du Lac counties in Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,004 at the 2010 census. All of this population resided in the Washington County portion of the village. The village is mostly surro ...

Career

2022 Winter Olympics

On January 23, she was announced to had been selected to be one of the 26 snowboarders for Team USA for the

. She would finish 19th in the big air event, failing to qualify, and 17th in the slopestyle event, also failing to qualify.

Personal life

Rummel went to

West Bend High School The West Bend School District (officially West Bend Joint School District #1) is a school district in Wisconsin serving the city of West Bend, the villages of Jackson and Newburg, and parts of the towns of Polk, Trenton, Barton, West Bend, ...

. She has three sisters, Kelsey, Chloe, and Kendall, and one brother, Cole.

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Courtney Rummel
at U.S. Ski & Snowboard {{DEFAULTSORT:Rummel, Courtney 2003 births Living people People from West Bend, Wisconsin Sportspeople from Washington County, Wisconsin Sportspeople from Wisconsin Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for the United States 21st-century American women Snowboarders at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics