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Japan competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Japan was the host nation for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. It was the second time that Japan has hosted the Winter Games, after the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, and the third time overall, after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Italy competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. With Torino being the host of the 2006 Winter Olympics, an Italian segment was played at the closing ceremony.
Norway competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The nation enjoyed its best ever results in gold medals, most notably in the biathlon events, when Ole Einar Bjørndalen swept all four gold medals.
The United States competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. With Salt Lake City as the host of the 2002 Winter Olympics, a cultural segment of the city was shown at the closing ceremony.
France competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Norway competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Switzerland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Finland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Poland competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The two medals won by Adam Małysz were the first for Poland in the Winter Olympic Games since 1972.
Germany competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Spain competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Spain competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Holly Crawford is an Australian half-pipe snowboarder. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and placed 22nd and 12th in her qualification runs. She ranked 19th out of 34 competitors and did not make the final. Crawford also competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics and finished 8th in the final having qualified 1st in the semifinals. She missed out on direct qualification to the final by one place, finishing 7th in the qualifying round.
Shiho Nakashima is a Japanese snowboarder who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics and had two World Cup victories. She also competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Women's Half-pipe. Her motto is "Continuity is power."
Chloe Kim is an American snowboarder. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding gold medal when she won gold in the women's snowboard halfpipe at 17 years old. She is a four-time X Games gold medalist and the first woman to win two gold medals in snowboarding at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. She is the current World, Olympic, Youth Olympic, and X Games champion in the halfpipe, and the first to win the title at all four major events.
Janina Kuzma is a New Zealand freestyle skier. She competed at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013 in Voss. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, placing 5th in the women's halfpipe. She is set to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, in same event.
Christel Thoresen is a retired Norwegian snowboarder.
Sari Grönholm is a Finnish snowboarder.
Patricia "Tricia" Byrnes is an American snowboarder, born in Greenwich, Connecticut. Her achievements in the FIS Snowboard World Cup include fifteen victories in halfpipe between 1997 and 2003, more than any other women as of 2019. She competed in women's halfpipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, placing 6th in the final.
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