Jamie Anderson (snowboarder)

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Jamie Anderson
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Anderson in 2013
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1990-09-13) September 13, 1990 (age 33)
South Lake Tahoe, California
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight119 lb (54 kg)
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Snowboarding
EventSlopestyle
ClubSierra at Tahoe
Medal record
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Sochi Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Slopestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Pyeongchang Big air
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Aspen Slopestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Utah Slopestyle
Winter X Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Aspen Dual slalom
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Aspen Slopestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Aspen Slopestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Aspen Slopestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Aspen Slopestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Aspen Slopestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 AspenSlopestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Aspen Slopestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Aspen Slopestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 AspenBig air

Jamie Louise Anderson (born September 13, 1990) is an American professional snowboarder. She won the gold medal in the inaugural Women's Slopestyle Event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia and repeated the feat at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, making her the first female snowboarder to win more than one Olympic gold medal. [1] [2] [3] She has won gold medals in slopestyle at the Winter X Games in consecutive years in 2007/8 and 2012/3. She has 21 X Games medals and is the second most decorated athlete [4]

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Personal life

Anderson was born and raised in South Lake Tahoe, California, the fifth of eight children. She snowboarded for the first time at age nine and immediately fell in love with the sport. Anderson was homeschooled at Visions in Education, allowing her to spend almost every day on the mountains. [5] [6]

Anderson currently resides in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada with her fiance, Tyler Nicholson, a Canadian snowboarder. She met Nicholson at a bar at Whistler, and they've been together since 2015. She also owns The Dream Inn, a private residence suite that overlooks Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort and other private places in Tahoe and Colorado.

Aside from snowboarding, Anderson does yoga and meditation to keep her healthy for her upcoming competitions. [7] She is also a member of the POW's Athlete Alliance & an ambassador for Protect Our Winters.

Career

Anderson has built a reputation as one of the top slopestyle riders in the business. [6] [8] She has been one of the most successful female snowboarders on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour and took home the gold medal in the Olympic debut of women's snowboard slopestyle at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

In addition to her many career wins, Anderson has been giving back to the snowboarding community through participation in the High Cascade Snowboard Camp. [9] She hosted a Signature Session™ at High Cascade in 2009–2012 and was scheduled to host another Signature Session™ camp in 2014.

Anderson began snowboarding in 2000 when she received a hand-me-down snowboard at the age of nine and qualified for the 2004 Winter X Games just four years later. In 2005, she took home a bronze, becoming the youngest female medalist in the competition at age 15.

Through the Jamie Anderson Foundation [10] established in 2013, she has provided more than 30 young winter sports athletes with equipment, clothing, season passes and financial backing for travel to the USASA national competitions.

2006–2007

During the 2006–2007 season, Anderson won the TTR 6Star Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships slopestyle, and the Roxy Chicken Jam emporium in Kaprun, Austria, the quarterpipe event at the O'Neill Evolution in Davos, the Billabong slopestyle Jam and the Abominable Snow man.

2007–2008

With impressive [ neutrality is disputed ] results at all major events on the TTR World Snowboard Tour in 2007–2008, among those victories at the Burton European Open slopestyle and the Roxy Chicken Jam US slopestyle, she took home the Women's Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion title. [11]

EventStar TierFormatPosition
Garnier Fructis Australian Open5starSS1
Roxy Chicken Jam Europe6StarSS2
Burton European Open6StarSS1
Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open5StarSS2
Chevy Grand Prix5StarSS3
Burton US Open6StarSS2
Roxy Chicken Jam US6StarSS1

2008–2009

Anderson started the season with the first half-pipe victory of her career with a win in both the slopestyle and halfpipe events of the 5-Star Burton New Zealand Open. After her successful start and after leading the rankings for over 40 weeks, Anderson finished the season in third place on the Swatch TTR Tour due to injury. [12]

EventStar TierFormatPosition
Burton New Zealand Open5starSS1
Burton New Zealand Open5StarHP1
Billabong Snowstock3StarBA1
Burton Australian Open5StarHP3
Burton Australian Open5StarSS1
Burton European Open6StarSS1
Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open5StarSS2

2009–2010

Again, there was another promising kick-off for Anderson on the TTR World Tour with a win at the 5-Star Burton New Zealand Open slopestyle and the 3Star Billabong Bro Down in Australia. Anderson continued her season with good results from the Winter Dew Tour, finishing off the season in the lead of the Winter Dew Tour Cup Standings.

Anderson then returned to the TTR Tour and took home the Roxy Chicken Jam US slopestyle title and a podium finish at the Burton US Open slopestyle. She ended her season in world no. 5 [ clarification needed ] on the Swatch TTR World Tour. Anderson ended her season in the no. 1 spot on the Swatch TTR World Tour.

2013–2014

Anderson won an Olympic gold medal, the first ever offered in slopestyle, at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. [13] [14]

2017–2018

Anderson won her second Olympic gold medal at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. She also won a silver in the big air event. This was the second time slopestyle had been offered in the Olympics, so Anderson has won both gold medals in slopestyle in Olympic history, making her the first female snowboarder to win more than one Olympic gold medal.

2019–2020

Anderson won a bronze medal in the big air event at the 2019 Winter X Games Aspen. [15] She also participated the 2019 FIS Snowboard World Championships where she won a bronze medal and denounced the FIS President Gian-Franco Kasper in response to an article from Deadspin, where Kasper "denied the existence of climate change and spoke disparagingly about immigrants and lauded the ease of working with dictators to organize Olympic Games." Her winnings in that event were donated to Protect Our Winters, and she urged her fellow competitors to do the same thing on her Instagram post. [16] In 2020, she won a gold medal in the slopestyle event at the 2020 Burton US Open and at the 2020 Winter X Games Aspen, where she became the most-medaled female competitor in the history of X Games. [17]

Television appearances

In 2015, Anderson competed on the seventh season of The Celebrity Apprentice for her charity, Protect Our Winters. [18] She was fired in the fourth episode.

In April 2018, Anderson was announced as one of the celebrities who will compete on season 26 of Dancing with the Stars . She was partnered with professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev. [19] She was eliminated on the first episode, and she finished in 9th place.

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  2. ↑ "Gold medal, the Jamie Anderson way: meditation, incense and candles". The Washington Post. February 9, 2014.
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  5. ↑ "Jamie Anderson – Professional Snowboarder". Jamie Anderson – Professional Snowboarder. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  6. 1 2 Branch, John (February 9, 2014). "Jamie Anderson, Slopestyle's Star, Is on Top Again". The New York Times. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Jamie Anderson Grateful Warrior". February 10, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Jamie Anderson" . Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ Signature Sessions, 2014 High Cascade Snowboard Camp
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  15. ↑ "Pacifico Women's Snowboard Big Air". X Games. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
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