Abi Harrigan

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Abi Harrigan
2020-01-20 Freestyle skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Women's Halfpipe - Qualification - 2nd run (Martin Rulsch) 122.jpg
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Full nameAbi Meg Harrigan
Born (2002-05-06) 6 May 2002 (age 21)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Abi Meg Harrigan (born 6 May 2002) is an Australian freestyle skier. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, despite fracturing her right fibula three weeks prior, and placed 26th in the women's slopestyle event. [1] [2] [3] Harrigan was also a competitor at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021.

Harrigan was born in Canberra and grew up in Jindabyne, New South Wales. [4]

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References

  1. Valencich, Glenn; Woods, Melissa (3 February 2022). "Australian teenager Abi Harrigan aims to defy fractured fibula to compete at the Winter Olympics". Seven Network . Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  2. Smale, Simon (14 February 2022). "Australian skier Abi Harrigan competes with leg fracture to realise Olympic dream at Beijing Winter Olympic Games". Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China: Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  3. "Harrigan skis on broken leg". ESPN. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2023 via Australian Associated Press.
  4. "Abi Harrigan". New South Wales Institute of Sport . Retrieved 26 August 2023.