Michael Ciccarelli (born September 4, 1996) is a Canadian

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 hails from Ancaster,

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and is a member of the Canadian National Slopestyle/Big Air Team. Coming from a family of skiers, Mikey has been snowboarding since the age of six, when his parents finally relented to his begging and bought him a board. Mikey grew up on the slopes of the Georgian Peaks Ski Club in Thornbury Ontario. Mikey's career was catapulted in 2012 when he won the gold medal for slopestyle at the

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in Innsbruck, Austria. His pro resume highlights consist of a win at the 2015 Stoneham World Cup, a 2nd-place finish at the 2017 Burton US Open, a 2nd-place finish at the 2016 Fenway Park U.S. Grand Prix/World Cup Big Air, a 3rd-place finish at the 2015 Cardona World Cup, and a 4th-place finish at the 2017 Air & Style in Innsbruck. Mikey rides in the memory of his father, who he lost to cancer in October 2014. At the 2015–16 FIS Snowboard World Cup, Ciccarelli won the slopestyle title with a winning score of 95.50 at the tour opener in Stoneham, Quebec. "It's been a long time coming," Ciccarelli said afterwards. "I've been working pretty hard to get tricks down. It felt good to go clean through the whole course today. After the first run I knew there was still room for some improvement." At the Burton U.S. Open 2017, Ciccarelli finished second to fellow Canadian

Mark McMorris Mark Lee McMorris (born December 9, 1993) is a Canadian professional snowboarder who specializes in slopestyle and big air events. A three-time Olympic bronze medallist, he placed third in each of the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics, ...

while

Sven Thorgren Sven Thorgren (born 4 October 1994) is a Swedish snowboarder who competes in slopestyle. He started snowboarding when he was seven years old. He practiced every day after school on a small mountain called Väsjöbacken. Thorgren qualified for t ...

of Sweden was third. It was the first U.S. Open podium finish for Ciccarelli. "It's crazy, I can't believe it. To put that ab triple cork 1620 melondown in my run, it all came together," Ciccarelli said in a release from Snowboard Canada. "I didn't even really feel too much pressure, I just wanted to put a run down and I'm just so stoked."

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* * Canadian male snowboarders 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario Snowboarders at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Canada {{Canada-snowboarding-bio-stub