Sarah Höfflin
Sarah Höfflin (born 8 January 1991) is a Swiss freestyle skier. She won a gold medal in big air at Winter X Games XXII,[1] and won gold in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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Born | Geneva | 8 January 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Slopestyle, Big air | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Höfflin lived in the UK between the ages of 12 and 22, living in Tewkesbury, where she attended Tewkesbury School, before attending Cardiff University, where she graduated with a degree in neuroscience. She was a late starter as a freestyle skier, only taking up the sport in her early 20s when competing at British Universities' Snowsports Council competitions after leaving university and returning to Switzerland.[2][3][4]
References
- "Aspen 2018 Women's Ski Big Air". xgames.espn.com. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- "Atkin bags slopestyle bronze for Britain's first Winter Olympics medal on skis". Peeblesshire News. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- Ransom, Ian (17 February 2018). Ganguly, Sudipto (ed.). "Sorry, I'm not British, says Swiss winner Hoefflin". reuters.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- Ingle, Sean (17 February 2018). "'Stoked' Izzy Atkin becomes Britain's first Olympic medal-winning skier". theguardian.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
External links
- X Games Profile
- FIS Profile
- Sarah Höfflin at FIS (freestyle)
- Sarah Höfflin at Olympics.com
- Sarah Höfflin at Olympedia
- Sarah Höfflin at the X Games
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