Brooke Voigt

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Brooke Voigt
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Personal information
Born (1993-11-17) 17 November 1993 (age 28)
Fort McMurray, Alberta [1]
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sport
Country Canada
Sport Snowboarding

Brooke Voigt (born 17 November 1993) is a Canadian freestyle snowboarder. She grew up in Fort McMurray, Alberta and graduated from the National Sports School in Calgary. [2]

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Career

Winter Olympics

Voigt was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team in the slopestyle and big air events. [3] [4]

In January 2022, Voigt was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. "Brooke Voigt". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. "National Team Profile: Brooke Voigt". Canada Snowboard. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  3. Smith, Shawn (9 January 2018). "Canada names Olympic snowboard slopestyle and big air team". NBC Olympics . New York City, New York, United States. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. Harrison, Doug (9 January 2018). "Canada unveils Olympic snowboard slopestyle team". www.cbc.ca/sports/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. Nichols, Paula (19 January 2022). "19 snowboarders nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  6. Dichter, Myles (19 January 2022). "'Strongest team in all of snowboarding': Canadian squad named for Beijing Olympics". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports . Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  7. "Toutant, McMorris, Parrot, Blouin return as Canada's Olympic snowboard team announced". Canadian Press . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.