Jamie Anderson

Jamie Anderson has built a reputation as one of the best female snowboarders in the world. Known for her snowboarding style and strength, Anderson gave the United States a gold-medal sweep in the debut of Olympic Slopestyle competition at the 2014 Sochi Games. She soared to victory in a near flawless run to make history for the United States as the first ever women’s Olympic Slopestyle Gold Medalist.

Growing up near Sierra Mountain with eight siblings, Anderson was introduced to snowboarding by her two older sisters, and began riding at the age of nine after convincing her mom that she was old enough. She quickly rose to the top becoming the youngest Winter X Games medalist at age 15, edging out Shaun White by a matter of days. With eleven X Games medals, most recently taking the 2016 Silver in Slopestyle, she notched her fourth slopestyle gold and at the Winter X Games in 2013. Along with her success at the Olympic and the X Games, Anderson was named the women’s TTR World Tour Champion in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2014, the Winter Dew Cup Champion in 2011 and 2012.

Making a name of herself with her continued success, she appeared on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice after the Olympics in 2014 and also graced the covers of such publications such ESPN the Magazine’s Body Issue and Sport’s Illustrated’s Winter Olympic Preview issue. In 2014, Anderson won two ESPY awards for “Best Female U.S. Olympian” and “Best Female Action Sports Athlete.” Winning her fourth ESPY Award at the 2016 ESPY’s and taking home her third win for “Best Female Action Sports Athlete.”

In 2015, Anderson partnered with other female snowboarders to create a multi-year film project, Full Moon. The all-female snowboard documentary showcases the past, present and future of women’s snowboarding. 2016 was one of her best winters to date ending her season with two World Championship titles in both Slopestyle and Big Air and claimed the crystal globes for overall freestyle snowboarding. Anderson has her sights set on the 2018 Olympic Games where she plans to compete for the U.S. in Slopestyle as well as the newly added Olympic sport of Snowboard Big Air.

In addition to her many career wins, Anderson has been giving back to the snowboarding community through her participation in a multitude of camps as well as her active hand in non-profits that promote mindful purchasing and charities assisting those in need all around the world. Always looking to use her platform for positive contributions within her community, Anderson collaborated with her old middle school to develop a sponsorship program for gifted children who would like to snowboard but lack the funds to do so. Outside of snowboarding, Anderson practices yoga and works with Protect Our Winters (POW) in the fight against climate change.

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