Liam Moffatt

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Liam Moffatt
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Born (1997-03-30) 30 March 1997 (age 26)
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport Snowboarding
EventSnowboard cross

Liam Moffatt (born 30 March 1997) is a Canadian snowboarder who competes internationally in the snowboard cross discipline. [1] [2]

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Career

At the 2021 World Championships in Sweden, Moffatt finished 7th in the snowboard cross event. [3]

As of December 2021, Moffatt was ranked 17th in the world. [4] In January 2022, Moffatt was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the snowboard cross event. [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. "Liam Moffatt". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. "Liam Moffatt". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. Houston, Michael (11 February 2022). "Bankes and Eguibar win FIS Snowboard Cross World Championship titles in Idre Fjäll". www.insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. Myrer, George (27 December 2021). "Nova Scotia's Liam Moffatt hopes to ride snowboardcross momentum to Winter Olympics". www.saltwire.com. SaltWire Network. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  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 27 January 2022.