Megan Oldham Explained

Megan Oldham
Birth Date:May 12, 2001
Birth Place:Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Sport:Freestyle skiing
Event:Slopestyle, Big air

Megan Oldham (born May 12, 2001) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the big air and slopestyle disciplines.[1] [2] Oldham grew up in Parry Sound, Ontario.[3]

Career

Oldham joined the Canadian national team in 2018.[1] In January 2019, Oldham won her first FIS World Cup medal, a silver, in the slopestyle event.[4] In March 2019, Oldham won her first World Cup gold and took home the 2019 Slopestyle Crystal Globe.[5]

Oldham competed at her first World Championships in 2021. She won the bronze medal in the slopestyle and fourth in the big air.[6]

Oldham won two medals at the 2022 Winter X Games: a silver in big air and a bronze in the slopestyle.[7]

On January 24, 2022, Oldham was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the big air and slopestyle events. She earned a fourth-place finish in Big Air. [8] [9]

In January 2023, while competing in the X Games, Oldham became the first woman to land a triple cork in any women's ski or snowboard event. She landed a leftside triple cork 1440 while competing in Women’s Ski Big Air, and won a gold medal in that event.[10] She won her second gold at the 2023 X Games in women's ski slopetyle.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Megan Oldham. www.freestylecanada.ski/. Freestyle Canada. January 31, 2021.
  2. Web site: Megan Oldham. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. January 31, 2022.
  3. News: Bissonette. Sarah. January 26, 2022. Parry Sound's Megan Oldham representing Canada at the Winter Olympics. Parrysound.co. Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. January 31, 2022.
  4. Web site: Max Moffatt And Megan Oldham reach World Cup podium for the first time in Italy . Awad . Brandi . January 27, 2019. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. January 31, 2022.
  5. Web site: Wong . Agnes . March 30, 2019 . Megan Oldham wins first World Cup gold and slopestyle Crystal Globe . February 3, 2023 . Team Canada - Official Olympic Team site. en-US.
  6. News: March 23, 2021. Canada's Oldham wins slopestyle bronze in her first world championships . Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 31, 2022.
  7. Web site: X Games: Megan Oldham captures a second medal in Aspen . Awad . Brandi . January 30, 2021. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. January 31, 2022.
  8. Web site: Team Canada adds 24 freestyle skiers to the roster for Beijing 2022 . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220129/https://olympic.ca/2022/01/24/team-canada-adds-24-freestyle-skiers-to-the-roster-for-beijing-2022/ . January 29, 2022 . live. Nichols . Paula . January 24, 2022. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. January 24, 2022.
  9. News: Ewing. Lori . January 24, 2022. Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team. Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 24, 2022.
  10. Web site: Canada's Megan Oldham lands 1st triple cork in women's events to claim X Games gold . CBC Sports . January 28, 2023 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603112752/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/freestyle-skiing/megan-oldham-x-games-jan-27-1.6729566 . June 3, 2023 . live .
  11. Web site: January 30, 2023 . Weekend Roundup: Oldham & McMorris make history at X Games, Strate claims first World Cup podium . February 3, 2023 . Team Canada - Official Olympic Team site. en-US.

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