Brenna Huckaby Explained

Brenna Huckaby
Nationality:American
Birth Date:22 January 1996
Birth Place:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Height:5 ft 9 in
Weight:140 lb
Country:United States
Sport:Snowboarding
Event:Snowboard cross
Banked slalom
Coach:Lane Clegg

Brenna Huckaby (born January 22, 1996)[1] is an American snowboarder. She competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, winning gold medals in the snowboard cross and banked slalom, and she won gold and a bronze medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. She is the first Paralympian to appear in the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated. Huckaby won the 2024 'Best Athlete with a Disability' ESPY Award.

Early life and education

Huckaby has two brothers.[1] She was a nationally ranked gymnast.[2] [3] She learned to snowboard at age 15 at the National Ability Center.[3] While still in school, Huckaby moved to Utah to pursue snowboarding.[3]

Snowboarding career

Huckaby won her first world championship in snowboarding in 2015. She won world championships in both snowboard-cross and banked slalom in 2017.[1] Huckaby is the first Paralympian to appear in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit issue.[4]

She competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, winning gold medals in both the snowboard cross and banked slalom.[5]

She won the gold medal in the women's dual banked slalom SB-LL1 event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway.[6] [7] She also won the silver medal in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL1 event.[8] [9]

Huckaby is classified as a SB-LL1 snowboarder. In January 2022, she won a court decision to allow her to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics; this was previously not permitted as there are no SB-LL1 events for female snowboarders in the snowboarding program.[10] [11] She won the gold medal in the women's banked slalom SB-LL2 event.[12] She also won the bronze medal in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL2 event.[13] [14]

Personal life

She is married to Tristan Clegg. Huckaby gave birth to her daughter Lilah in 2016.[2] [3] She gave birth to her second daughter Sloan in 2020.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Brenna Huckaby . https://web.archive.org/web/20150501202237/http://www.teamusa.org/para-snowboarding/athletes/Brenna-Huckaby . dead . May 1, 2015 . Team USA . March 7, 2018 . en.
  2. News: Para Snowboarder Brenna Huckaby Shares Her Proudest Moment Before the 2018 Paralympics . Breakey . Sharlene . 2017-12-27 . Parents . 2018-03-07.
  3. News: Q&A withsnowboarder Brenna Huckaby . December 19, 2017 . NBC Olympics . March 7, 2018 . en.
  4. News: Increased Interest In Paralympic Games Shines A Light On Athletes . https://web.archive.org/web/20180306214947/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/March/06/Increased-Interest-In-Paralympic-Games-Shines-A-Light-On-Athletes . dead . March 6, 2018 . Williams . Doug . March 6, 2018 . Team USA . March 7, 2018 . en.
  5. Web site: Brenna Huckaby . Athlete's profile . Pyeongchang 2018 . 16 March 2018 . March 16, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180316214107/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/PWG2018/en/snowboard/athlete-profile-n3058432-brenna-huckaby.htm . dead .
  6. News: 14 January 2022. Lisa Bunschoten trails, falls, recovers and wins third straight world title. Paralympic.org. 15 January 2022.
  7. News: Houston. Michael. 14 January 2022. United States win three snowboard golds at World Para Snow Sports Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 15 January 2022.
  8. News: 21 January 2022. Canada's Tyler Turner beats 'best of the best' for first World Championships gold. 21 January 2022.
  9. News: Burke. Patrick. 21 January 2022. Pedersen clinches third gold of World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer. InsideTheGames.biz. 21 January 2022.
  10. News: Pavitt. Michael. 21 January 2022. IPC "surprised" as Huckaby wins court appeal to compete at Beijing 2022 Paralympics. InsideTheGames.biz. 21 January 2022.
  11. News: 20 January 2022. IPC surprised and disappointed by court’s Para snowboard decision. Paralympic.org. 21 January 2022.
  12. Web site: Snowboarding Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220312054847/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/SBD/PWG2022_SBD_B99_SBD-------------------------------.pdf . 12 March 2022 . 12 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.
  13. News: Burke. Patrick. 7 March 2022. Hernandez takes snowboard cross gold at Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics. InsideTheGames.biz. 7 March 2022.
  14. News: 7 March 2022 . Paralympian Brenna Huckaby wins bronze after a legal fight to compete in the games . npr . 7 March 2022.

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