Mercedes Nicoll (born December 5, 1983, in North Vancouver,

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) is a

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, specializing in the halfpipe.

Career

Nicoll made her

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debut in December 1999 at Whistler, Canada, in halfpipe and snowboard cross. She made her first World Cup podium at the same place, three years later in 2002, where she won bronze. To date, Nicoll has won eight other World Cup medals, though she is yet to win a gold. Her best World Cup season was 2005, when she placed 4th in the halfpipe standings. She has also competed in four

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, with her best performance coming in

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, when she finished 8th. She is a five time Canadian National Champion. Nicoll competed at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

, in the

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. She finished 9th in the first qualifying round and 21st in the second, not enough to qualify for the final, and placing her 27th overall. Nicoll was also selected as a member of the

team for the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

, where she finished 6th. Four years later at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, Nicoll finished 12th place (out of 14) in her heat and did not advance to the final.

2018 Winter Olympics

In January 2018, Nicoll was named to Canada's Olympic team, for the fourth time.

World Cup Podiums

References

External links

FIS profile
1983 births Living people Olympic snowboarders for Canada Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from North Vancouver Canadian female snowboarders Sportspeople from British Columbia {{Canada-snowboarding-bio-stub