Tessa Maud (born October 10, 2003) is an American professional

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, specializing in

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. Maud was named to the US Team for the

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, finishing 16th. She also competed in the

2020 Winter Youth Olympics The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; french: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; it, Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; rm, Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), offic ...

, and has earned two silver medals at the Junior World Championships.

Early life

At the age of seven, Maud joined the local Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team (MMSST). Her parents are also avid snowboarders.

Career

In 2018, she was named to the

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snowboarding Rookie Squad.

2022 Winter Olympics

On January 21, 2022, Team USA announced that she had been selected to represent the United States at the

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, her first Winter Olympics. She finished sixteenth in the women's halfpipe, missing qualifying for the finals, which required finishing in the top twelve. During the games, Maud praised the dining experiences she had in the country, stating that

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is "hands down the best she's ever had".

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Tessa Maud
at U.S. Ski & Snowboard {{DEFAULTSORT:Maud_Tessa 2003 births Living people American female snowboarders People from Mammoth Lakes, California Sportspeople from California Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for the United States 21st-century American women Snowboarders at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics