Rebecca Sinclair (born 11 September 1991 in

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) is a

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er based in

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. She was the youngest New Zealand athlete to compete at the

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(age 18) and finished 21st. Sinclair also competed 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 ...

. Sinclair's results over the last few years include: 2012/2013 2nd World Cup Finland, 4th World Cup Canada, 4th TTR World Snowboard Championships, 6th X Games Europe, Snow Sports NZ "Snowboarder of the year" 2011/2012 4th FIS World Snowboard Championships, 6th US Open, Snow Sports NZ "Snowboarder of the year" 2010/2011 2nd Junior World Snowboard Championships, 21st Winter Olympics Vancouver

Sponsorships

Sinclair has a sponsorship with Megaphone, Moonbars, and

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Video

There are videos on YouTube of Sinclair snowboarding.

References

1991 births Living people New Zealand female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for New Zealand Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics {{NewZealand-snowboarding-bio-stub