Campbell Melville Ives

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Campbell Melville Ives
Personal information
Born (2006-07-06) 6 July 2006 (age 19)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
Sport Snowboarding
Event
 Halfpipe
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Winter Youth Olympics
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Gangwon Big air

Campbell Melville Ives (born 6 July 2006) is a New Zealand snowboarder.

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Early life

Melville Ives was born in Dunedin and raised in Wānaka. His twin brother, Finley, is a freestyle skier. [1]

Career

Melville Ives competed at the 2022 FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships and won a silver medal in the slopestyle event. [2]

He represented New Zealand at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics and won a bronze medal in the big air event with a score of 153.00. [3] He also finished in fourth place in both the halfpipe and slopestyle events. [4] In March 2025, he competed at the 2025 FIS Snowboarding World Championships and finished in fifth place in the halfpipe event with a score of 80.25. [5]

On 30 October 2025, he was conditionally selected to represent New Zealand at the 2026 Winter Olympics. [6] [7] During the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup, he earned his first career World Cup podium on 17 January 2026, finishing in second place. He became the first athlete in halfpipe history to land two triple corks in a completed competition run. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "The shift that unlocked Fin Melville Ives' best season". olympics.org.nz. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Leysin 2022 Park & Pipe Junior World Championships recap". fis-ski.com. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Winter Youth Olympic Games: Three Bronze Medals for New Zealand in Big Air". snowsports.co.nz. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Poggi, Alessandro; Smirnova, Lena (30 January 2024). "Twins Campbell and Finley Melville Ives fuel on snowboard and freeskiing differences to motivate each other at Gangwon 2024". olympics.com. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  5. ↑ de Villiers, Ockert (29 March 2025). "FIS Freeski and Snowboard World Championships 2025: Scotty James clinches record-extending fourth halfpipe title". olympics.com. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "NZ Team name first eight for Milano Cortina". olympics.com. 30 October 2025. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Wānaka twins proud to wear Olympics uniform". Otago Daily Times . 16 December 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Choi makes it three in a row as James claims fifth Laax Open win". fis-ski.com. 17 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
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