Rowan Coultas (born 21 June 1997) is a British

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 competed 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 ...

but failed to make the finals 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 ...

discipline by only half a point and came 18th. What started with a Christmas present of a snowboard lesson in 2009 has now become a profession for Rowan Coultas, culminating in him becoming an Olympian. A fan of skating and surfing when away from the snow, Coultas made his World Cup debut in February 2015 at the Park City slopestyle – finishing 13th. With a silver Junior World Championship medal to his name from 2010 and numerous World Cup top-ten finishes, Coultas was selected to make his Olympic debut at PyeongChang 2018. He competed in both the men's slopestyle and big air in South Korea, finishing 18th in his heat in the former and eighth in his heat in the latter. The big air performance saw him miss out on qualification for the final by just half a point.

References

1997 births Living people Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics British male snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Great Britain 21st-century British people 2. https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/rowan-coultas/5Rt68NRiJPSdRrLSZesI42 {{UK-snowboarding-bio-stub