Jakara Anthony

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Jakara Anthony
OAM
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1998-07-08) 8 July 1998 (age 24)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryAustralia
Sport Freestyle skiing
Event(s)Moguls
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 100
World Championships 010
Total110
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Beijing Moguls
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Utah Moguls

Jakara Anthony, OAM (born 8 July 1998) 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. [1] Anthony won the Women's Moguls event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [2] At the 2019 World Ski Championships she finished 2nd.

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She is currently[ when? ] studying for a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science at Deakin University. [3]

Anthony was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022. [4]

Olympic results

 Year  Age  Moguls 
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 Pyeongchang 19 4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 23 1

World Championships results

 Year  Age  Moguls  Dual Moguls 
Flag of Spain.svg 2017 Sierra Nevada 18 12 16
Flag of the United States.svg 2019 Utah 20 2 7
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 2021 Almaty 22 4 11

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References

  1. "Freestyle Skiing – Athlete Profile: Jakara ANTHONY – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. "Jakara Anthony ends Australia's 12-year gold drought at Winter Olympics". The Guardian. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. "Elite Athlete Program Profiles". Deakin University. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. "Ms Jakara Anthony". It's an Honour. Retrieved 12 June 2022.