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Full name | Annika Sophie Morgan | ||||||||||||||
Born | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | 12 February 2002||||||||||||||
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Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Slopestyle, Big air | ||||||||||||||
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Annika Sophie Morgan (born 12 February 2002) is a German snowboarder who competes in the slopestyle and big air events. She competed in the women's slopestyle event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [1]
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