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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | 8 July 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Moguls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
Year | Age | Moguls |
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2018 Pyeongchang | 19 | 4 |
2022 Beijing | 23 | 1 |
Year | Age | Moguls | Dual Moguls |
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2017 Sierra Nevada | 18 | 12 | 16 |
2019 Utah | 20 | 2 | 7 |
2021 Almaty | 22 | 4 | 11 |
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