Tessa Maud

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Tessa Maud
2020-01-20 Snowboarding at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Women's Halfpipe - Qualification - 2nd run (Martin Rulsch) 050.jpg
Maud at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born (2003-10-10) October 10, 2003 (age 20)
Encinitas, California, United States
Home town Carlsbad, California, United States [1]
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Snowboarding
Event Half pipe
ClubMammoth Mountain Snowboard Team

Tessa Maud (born October 10, 2003) is an American professional snowboarder, specializing in half pipe. Maud was named to the US Team for the 2022 Winter Olympics, finishing 16th. [1] She also competed in the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, and has earned two silver medals at the Junior World Championships. [2]

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Early life

At the age of seven, Maud joined the local Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team (MMSST). [3] Her parents are also avid snowboarders. [1]

Career

In 2018, she was named to the Team USA snowboarding Rookie Squad. [3]

2022 Winter Olympics

On January 21, 2022, Team USA announced that she had been selected to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, her first Winter Olympics. [2] She finished sixteenth in the women's halfpipe, missing qualifying for the finals, which required finishing in the top twelve. During the games, Maud praised the dining experiences she had in the country, stating that Chinese cuisine is "hands down the best she's ever had". [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Carlsbad Teen Tessa Maud Soaking Everything In At First Olympic Games". NBC 7 San Diego. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  2. 1 2 "Carlsbad teen snowboarder to make debut at Winter Olympics". FOX 5 San Diego. 2022-01-24. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
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