Jakara Anthony, (born 8 July 1998) is an Australian

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 ...

and Olympic gold medalist. She competed 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 ...

, finishing 4th, the best-ever result for an Australian female mogul skier. Anthony won the Women's Moguls event 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 ...

. At the 2019 World Ski Championships she finished 2nd. She is currently studying for a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science at

Deakin University Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia. Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Ponds, ...

. Anthony was awarded the

Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022.

Olympic results

* 1 medal – (1 gold)

World Championships results

* 1 medal – (1 silver)

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* 1998 births Australian female freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Living people Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers of Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing Sportspeople from Cairns Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia {{Australia-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub