Personal information | |
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Born | Cork, Ireland | 9 September 1996
Occupation | skiing coach |
Years active | 2009–present [1] |
Employer | Park City Ski & Snowboard - Freeski Resort |
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 172 lb (78 kg) |
Sport | |
Country | Ireland |
Sport | Freestyle skiing |
Event(s) | Half-pipe |
Club | Team Park City United |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 2018, 2022 |
Brendan "Bubba" Newby (born 9 September 1996) is an Irish-born freestyle skier who represents Ireland in the half-pipe event. [2]
Born in Cork to American parents, he attended Mountain View High School, Utah and competed at Park City, Utah. [3]
Newby competed for Ireland at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea [4] [5] and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. [6] [7] He also competed for Ireland at the men's ski halfpipe event at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021 in Aspen, Colorado. [8]
Ayumu Hirano is a Japanese Olympic champion and three-time Olympic medalist snowboarder and Olympic skateboarder. He won the silver medal in the superpipe in 2013 Winter X Games XVII at the age of 14, becoming the youngest medalist in X Games history, and won silver medals in the half-pipe at both the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as a skateboarder, becoming the only athlete, who participated in all of the three consecutive Olympic Games in East Asia between 2018 and 2022.
Alex Ferreira is an American halfpipe skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games taking home the silver medal. He competed in the 2019 Winter X Games XXIII and 2020 Winter X Games XXIV, placing first in the Men's Ski Superpipe.
Cassie Sharpe is a Canadian freestyle skier. Sharpe became the Olympic champion in women's halfpipe after winning gold in Pyeongchang, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She won a silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in halfpipe in Kreischberg and has won gold and bronze in superpipe at the Winter X Games in 2016 and 2018 respectively.
Kelly Sildaru is an Estonian Olympic freestyle skier.
Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Bokwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The events were scheduled to take place between 9 and 23 February 2018. A total of ten freestyle skiing events were held.
Ireland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. Five athletes represented the country in four sports. OCI Chief Executive Stephen Martin was chef de mission.
China competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. China competed in 12 sports, participating in bobsleigh, skeleton and ski jumping for the first time. China won 9 medals in total.
The men's halfpipe competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held from 13 to 14 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event was won by Shaun White, who previously won this event in 2006 and 2010. Ayumu Hirano, the 2014 silver medalist, took silver. Scott James became the bronze medalist. For James, this is the first Olympic medal, and this was also the second medal for Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Nico Porteous is a New Zealand freestyle skier and an Olympic champion. He is New Zealand's youngest Olympic Games medallist, having won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics at the age of 16. He became New Zealand's second Winter Olympic gold medallist, and first male, with his win in men's halfpipe at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
The men's halfpipe event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 20 and 22 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Jakara Anthony, is an Australian freestyle skier and Olympic gold medalist. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics, finishing 4th, the best-ever result for an Australian female mogul skier. Anthony won the Women's Moguls event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. At the 2019 World Ski Championships she finished 2nd.
Miguel Porteous is a New Zealand freestyle skier who competes internationally.
Elizabeth Marian Swaney OLY is an American born-and-raised freestyle skier who competed for Hungary in the 2018 Winter Olympics in the women's halfpipe based on her Hungarian ancestry. She was unable to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics for Venezuela in both skeleton and freestyle skiing, and qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in the women's halfpipe, in which she placed last.
Peter Speight is a British freestyle skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics finishing 15th. Speight made his World Cup halfpipe debut in 2013 and achieved his career best World Cup finish with a 4th place in China, December 2017. He has won the British championships twice in 2016 and 2017.
Eileen Feng Gu, also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing, is an American-born Olympic gold medalist freestyle skier and model. She has competed for China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 2019.
Ireland competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the freestyle skiing events at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
The men's halfpipe competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was held on 9 February (qualification) and 11 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Ayumu Hirano of Japan, the 2014 and 2018 silver medalist, finally won a gold Olympic medal. Scotty James of Australia improved from the 2018 bronze to the 2022 silver. Jan Scherrer of Switzerland won the bronze, his first Olympic medal.
The men's halfpipe competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 17 February (qualification) and 19 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. The podium consisted of all the medalists in the same event in 2018, but in a different order. Nico Porteous of New Zealand, the 2018 bronze medalist, won the event, bringing to New Zealand the second ever winter Olympic gold medal. David Wise of the United States, the champion in both previous events, won the silver medal, and Alex Ferreira, also of the United States, the 2018 silver medalist, this time won bronze.
The women's halfpipe competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 17 February (qualification) and 18 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Eileen Gu of China won the event. The defending champion, Cassie Sharpe of Canada, returned and won silver. Rachael Karker of Canada won bronze, her first Olympic medal.