Melissa Peperkamp (born 22 April 2004) is a Dutch snowboarder. She is a multi-time Dutch champion. 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 ...

, she won a silver medal in the

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 ...

event and a bronze in the Big air event. She qualified for both these events 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 ...

. In the big air competition she qualified for the final and finished 6th while she narrowly missed the qualification for the final in the slopestyle competition.

Achievement

Melissa Peperkamp began competing at the age of 13. She got her first on a snowboard when she was six, before spending several years working on the basics at her local ski slope. She has been on an upward trajectory in the sport; She started at Skipiste Nieuwegein for the basics. After this, it went quickly: from Club SnowWorld to Xtreme Team and Dutch SBX Team. At the invitation of trainer Niels, she joined the Rookie Team of the Dutch Ski Association. She has been an official selection member of TeamNL since 2019. she finished sixth in slopestyle in 2020 (Mammoth Mountain), Her first World Cup top-10 finish was in her second appearance, and her top finish to date is fifth in slopestyle in 2021 (Silvaplana). She competed at the 2021 World Championships and 2019 Junior World Championships.

References

https://www.redbull.com/int-en/athlete/melissa-peperkamp https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/snowboard/athlete-profile-n1051195-melissa-peperkamp.htm https://teamnl.org/sporters/6751-melissa-peperkamp

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* 2004 births Living people Dutch female snowboarders Snowboarders at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Utrecht (city) 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-snowboarding-bio-stub