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Snowboarding At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's Slopestyle
The women's slopestyle competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on 6 February (qualification) and 9 February (semi-finals and final). This was the first time that a slopestyle event was included in the Olympic program. Jamie Anderson of the United States became the first Olympic champion. Enni Rukajärvi from Finland took the silver, and Jenny Jones from Great Britain won the bronze medal. Qualification An athlete must have placed in the top 30 in at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the 2013 World Championships and a minimum of 50 FIS points. A total of 24 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee. Slovenia's Cilka Sadar also earned a spot to compete, but did not compete due to an injury occurring just days before the competition, leaving a total of 23 athletes from 11 nations. Schedule All times are (UTC+4). Results Qualification The to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Khutor Extreme Park
The Rosa Khutor Extreme Park (''Russian language, Russian'': Роза Хутор) under license from The Extreme Sports Company and part of the Extreme Hotel, Sochi development, is a skiing venue located west of the Rosa Khutor plateau in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. During the 2014 Winter Olympics in neighboring Sochi, it hosted the freestyle skiing Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics, events and the snowboarding Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics, events. Seating 4,000 in the freestyle skiing area and 6,250 in the snowboarding areas, it was first used in September 2012. References Sochi2014.com profile. - accessed 30 September 2010. Venues of the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiing venues Olympic snowboarding venues Ski areas and resorts in Russia Ski jumping venues in Russia Sport in Krasnodar Krai Buildings and structures in Krasnodar Krai Freestyle skiing in Russia Snowboarding in Russia {{Winter-Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Torr
Rebecca Torr (born 15 March 1990) is a snowboarder from New Zealand. Born in Tauranga, she competed for New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Olympics, New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. References External links * 1990 births Living people New Zealand female snowboarders Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for New Zealand Sportspeople from Tauranga 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen {{NewZealand-snowboarding-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silje Norendal
Silje Norendal (born 1 September 1993) is a Norwegian former snowboarder. She competes in the slopestyle and big air events. Her local club is Kongsberg IF. She won gold in women's slopestyle in Winter X Games Europe in Tignes in 2013. In January 2014, she won women's slopestyle in Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Norendal finished in eleventh place in the Women's Slopestyle finals with a score of 49.50. In January 2015, she won women's slopestyle for the second time in Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, she finished in fourth place in the women's Women's Slopestyle finals with a score of 73.91. Additionally, she finished in sixth place in the Women's Big Air finals with a score of 131.50. On 27 July 2018, Norendal got engaged to hockey player Alexander Bonsaksen Alexander Bonsaksen (born January 24, 1987) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessika Jenson
Jessika Jenson (born August 7, 1991) is an American snowboarder born in Idaho Falls, Idaho She represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, where she finished 5th in slopestyle and made the finals in big air Big air is a high-injury-risk sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a motocross motorcycle, a skateboard, a snowboard, or a pair of skis, down a hill or ramp and performs aerial tricks after launching off very large jum .... References External links * * * * 1991 births Living people American female snowboarders Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for the United States Sportspeople from Idaho Falls, Idaho 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-snowboarding-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenna Blasman
Jenna Blasman (born September 24, 1993) is a Canadian snowboarder. She competes in slopestyle and represented Canada in this event at the 2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ... in Sochi. References 1993 births Living people Canadian female snowboarders Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for Canada 21st-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-snowboarding-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šárka Pančochová
Šárka Pančochová (, born 1 November 1990) is a Czech snowboarder. She started snowboarding in 2002 at her local mountains in Moravia, Czech Republic. Career Šárka got her first sponsor in the 2005/06 season. In 2007/2008 at the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, Pančochová won the 3Star Quiksilver Snowjam and the Protest and O2 World Rookie fests. In the same season, she won the title of FIS Junior World Champion in Valmalenco, Italy. In 2008/09, she won at the 4Star Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam in Austria and ended the season as World No. 8 on the TTR World Rankings. In 2009/10, Pančochová followed the ( Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)) and finished the season as World No. 3. Šárka had her first six-star podium moment at the Burton European Open, where she placed third in slopestyle. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she represented the Czech Republic and placed 14th in the halfpipe. Pančochová won a silver medal in slopestyle at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karly Shorr
Karly Piper Shorr (born May 18, 1994) is an American snowboarder. She competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, where she placed sixth in women's slopestyle. Shorr was born in Commerce Township, Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ... and graduated from Milford High School in 2012. Karly Shorr in 2016 earning podium finishes at the Burton US Open, the Olympic test event in Pyeongchang, South Korea and the U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain. Career Results Olympic Experience 2014 Olympic Winter Games, 6th in women's slopestyle Career Highlights 2013-14 Copper Mountain U.S. Grand Prix/World Cup, 10th 2013-14 Cardrona World Cup, 9th Two-time 2013-14 Mammoth Mountain U.S. Grand Prix second-place finisher 2012-13 Copper Mountain U.S. Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Könz
Elena Könz (born 12 September 1987, Guarda) is a Swiss snowboarder, competing in slopestyle. Könz qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics and showed the third result in her heat in the qualification round Qualification may refer to: Processes * Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS), a competitive contract procurement process established by the United States Congress * Process qualification, ensures that manufacturing and production processes can ... (the seventh best result in the qualification), directly qualifying for the final. In the final, she fell in both runs and was classified ninth. Her best World Cup result finish and the only podium before the 2014 Olympics was the third-place finish in Copper Mountain on December 22, 2013. Könz only learned to ride snowboard as a teenager. References External links * Könz Sochi profile Swiss female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Switzerland Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Gasser
Anna Gasser (born 16 August 1991) is an Austrian Snowboarding, snowboarder, competing in slopestyle and big air. She lives in Millstatt. She is the 2018 and 2022 Olympic Champion in Big air. Gasser qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics and showed the best result in the Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle, qualification round, directly qualifying for the final. In 2017 Gasser won Gold in the Big air event at the Snowboard World Championships in Spain. Gasser also had a successful 2017 X Games performance winning gold in Slopestyle and bronze in Big air in Hafjell, and silver for Big air in Aspen. Career Gasser first began snowboarding at age 18. After graduating high school, she moved to the United States to train at Mammoth Mountain, despite not knowing English well. Gasser worked as a babysitter to save enough money to afford the move to the United States to train all winter. She started to compete in snowboarding in the 2010/2011 season, at age 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Buaas
Kjersti Østgaard Buaas (born 5 January 1982) is a Norwegian snowboarder from Trondheim. She placed 4th in women's half-pipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. She received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in women's half-pipe in Turin, Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b .... Buaas recovered from a broken leg only a week before her bronze-winning ride. In 2007/2008 she finished World No.3 on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour ( Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)) Competition Results Swatch TTR 2008/2009 Season *3rd – Slopestyle – 6Star Burton European Open ( Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)) *2nd – Halfpipe – 6Star Burton European Open ( Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)) *4th – Halfpipe – 6Star Burto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelly Gotlieb
Shelly Gotlieb (born 28 July 1980) is a snowboarder from New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla .... She won a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships in slopestyle. – Results from FIS-Ski.com References External links FIS-Ski.com – Biography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimee Fuller
Aimee Nicole E. Fuller (born 21 July 1991) is a British slopestyle snowboarder who represented Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 Winter Olympics. Early life Fuller was born in Farnborough, and grew up in nearby Keston. She moved to Washington D.C., USA, in 2003 aged 12, attending the British School of Washington, but moved back to the UK at the age of 16 to live in Northern Ireland where she attended Sullivan Upper School in Holywood. Career Fuller finished 5th in the 2017 World Rankings and 3rd in the World Cup Big Air Super Series Tour. British Champion 2017 Slopestyle and Big Air. 7th in the overall rankings 2013/14 . She has competed at the X Games, finishing 6th in the Winter X Games in Europe, eighth in the Winter X Games XVII in 2013 and seventh in the Winter X Games XVIII in 2014. Fuller is a 2 X Olympian, competed for Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. In the women's slopestyle event she scored 39.00 on her first run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
