Berenice Wicki

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Berenice Wicki
2020-01-20 Snowboarding at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Women's Halfpipe - Mascot Ceremony (Martin Rulsch) 09.jpg
Wicki at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Born (2002-09-24) 24 September 2002 (age 21)
Parent
Website berenicewicki.com
Sport
Sport Snowboarding
Event Halfpipe
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Winter Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Lausanne Halfpipe
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Laax Halfpipe

Berenice Wicki (born 24 September 2002) is a Swiss snowboarder who competes in the halfpipe discipline. She represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

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Career

At the 2015–16 FIS Snowboard Europa Cup #13 in Davos, Wicki won in the women's halfpipe #1 event. [1]

Wicki medaled gold at the 2017 FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships in Laax. [2] In the 2018 Junior World Championships in Cardrona, Wicki ranked 6th. [3] At the 2019 Junior World Championships in Leysin, Wicki ranked 5th. [4] In the 2018–19 FIS Snowboard Europa Cup #19 in Crans-Montana, Wicki won in the women's halfpipe event. [5]

Wicki at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 2020-01-20 Snowboarding at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Women's Halfpipe - Final - 1st run (Martin Rulsch) 25.jpg
Wicki at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Wicki represented Switzerland at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in the girls' halfpipe event, where she medaled bronze with a score of 81.33. [6]

At the 2021 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships, Wicki ranked 17th in the women's snowboard halfpipe event; she did not qualify for the final. [7]

Wicki represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics and ranked 7th in the women's halfpipe event, failing to medal. [8]

At the 2023 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships, she placed 8th in the women's snowboard halfpipe event. [9]

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References

  1. "FIS Davos (SUI)". International Ski and Snowboard Federation . Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. "FIS Junior World Championships Laax (SUI)". International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  3. "FIS JUNIOR SNOWBOARD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 Results Ladies' Snowboard Halfpipe" (PDF). International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  4. "Snowboard Junior World Championships 2019 Halfpipe" (PDF). International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2023.
  5. "European Cup Crans Montana (SUI)". International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  6. Morel, Laurent (20 January 2020). "Berenice Wicki médaillée en halfpipe" [Halfpipe medalist Berenice Wicki]. SkiActu.ch (in French). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  7. "Aspen 2021 FIS Snowboard & Freeski World Championships Results - Qualification Women's Snowboard Halfpipe" (PDF). International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2023.
  8. Baranzini, Fabio (10 February 2022). "Kopfüber in die Weltspitze – Berenice Wicki holt in Peking ein Diplom" [Headlong into the top of the world – Berenice Wicki gets a diploma in Beijing]. aargauersport.ch (in German). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  9. "FIS SNOWBOARD, FREESTYLE AND FREESKI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 Overall Results Women's Snowboard Halfpipe" (PDF). International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.