Belle Brockhoff Explained

Belle Brockhoff
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:1993 1, df=yes
Birth Place:East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height:1.70 m[1]
Weight:70 kg
Country:Australia
Sport:Snowboarding
Event:Snowboard cross

Belle Brockhoff (born 12 January 1993) is an Australian snowboarder, who has represented Australia at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships and the Winter Olympics. She competes in snowboard cross. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's snowboard cross.[2] [3]

She was a competitor in the 2013 FIS World Championship snowboard cross, and in the 2014 Winter Olympic snowboard cross.[4]

Life

Brockhoff currently studies a Bachelor of Commerce at Deakin University,[5] after previously studying a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws at Deakin University.[6]

Personal life

Brockhoff came out as a lesbian in August 2013.[7] She is a supporter and endorser of the Principle 6 campaign, part of the Olympic protests of Russian anti-gay laws, but pledged to be cautious about how actively she protested while in Sochi due to the risk of arrest. In 2014 she appeared in the documentary film To Russia with Love.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Belle Brockhoff. sochi2014.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. 11 February 2014. 16 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141216185846/http://sochi2014.olympics.com.au/athlete/belle-brockhoff. dead.
  2. Web site: Belle Brockhoff. 2022-02-16. Australian Olympic Committee. en-AU.
  3. Web site: Belle Brockhoff 2022 Olympics NBC Olympics. 2022-02-16. www.nbcolympics.com. en.
  4. https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-olympics/25932270 "Sochi 2014: Gay snowboarder Belle Brockhoff will limit protest"
  5. Web site: Elite Athlete Program profiles . Deakin University . 27 August 2023.
  6. Web site: The Beijing Winter Olympics begin this week: meet the Deakin students representing Australia!. 2 February 2022. Deakin Life. February 2022 . Deakin University.
  7. http://www.out.com/entertainment/sports/2013/08/22/australian-olympic-hopeful-belle-brockhoff-comes-out-ahead-sochi "Australian Olympic Hopeful Belle Brockhoff Comes Out Ahead Of Sochi 2014"
  8. https://www.thedailybeast.com/to-russia-with-love-can-johnny-weir-save-russias-gays "‘To Russia With Love’: Can Johnny Weir Save Russia’s Gays?"