Miguel Porteous (born 14 May 1999) is a New Zealand

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who competes internationally. He represented New Zealand 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 ...

, where he finished 17th in the men's ski halfpipe and 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 ...

where he made it to the final of the men's ski halfpipe.

Winter X Games XXI

Miguel took home the silver medal during the 2017 Winter X Games which were held in

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. He had a score of 81.00 points and skied wearing a cast due to a broken wrist. Porteous is the older brother of freestyle skier

Nico Porteous Nico Porteous (born 23 November 2001) is a New Zealand freestyle skier and an Olympic champion. He is New Zealand's youngest Olympic Games medallist, having won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics at the age of 16. He became New Zealand' ...

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* 1999 births Living people New Zealand male freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for New Zealand Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics People educated at Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand {{NewZealand-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub