Derek Livingston

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Derek Livingston
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born (1991-01-05) 5 January 1991 (age 32)
Scarborough, Ontario
Height1.72 m (5.6 ft) [1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) [1]
Sport
CountryCanada
SportSnowboarding
EventHalfpipe
TeamNational Team
Coached byMike Slaughter

Derek Livingston (born January 5, 1991) is a Canadian snowboarder. He is a two-time Olympian in half-pipe representing Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang.

In January 2022, Livingston was named to his third Olympic team: Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [2] [3] [4] However, after sustaining an injury in training, Livingston withdrew from the games. [5]

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References

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  2. Nichols, Paula (19 January 2022). "19 snowboarders nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. "Toutant, McMorris, Parrot, Blouin return as Canada's Olympic snowboard team announced". Canadian Press . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. "Liam Gill to replace injured Derek Livingston as lone Canadian in men's snowboard halfpipe". www.cbc.ca. CBC. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.