Shannon Dunn-Downing

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Shannon Dunn-Downing
Personal information
BornNovember 26, 1972 (1972-11-26) (age 52)
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Nagano Halfpipe
Winter X Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Halfpipe
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Superpipe
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Halfpipe
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Slopestyle

Shannon Dunn-Downing (born November 26, 1972) is an American snowboarder and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal in the halfpipe event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, becoming the first American woman to win a medal in snowboarding. [1] She finished 5th at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She won a gold medal at the first Winter X Games in California 1997, and again in 2001.

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History

Dunn-Downing started snowboarding in 1988 in Steamboat Springs, CO where she grew up, and began competing in the early 1990s.

She was the first woman to land several difficult halfpipe tricks in competition, including a frontside 540 in 1991, backside 540 in 1994, McTwist in 1994, frontside 720 in 1995, and frontside rodeo 720 in 2001.

In the mid-2000s Dunn-Downing retired from professional snowboarding.

Results

References

  1. ↑ "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Alpine Skiing" Archived August 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 13, 2008)
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