| Mia Brookes | |
| Birth Date: | 19 January 2007 |
| Birth Place: | Sandbach, Cheshire, England |
| Sport: | Snowboarding |
| Worlds: | 2023 |
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Mia Brookes (born 19 January 2007)[1] is a British snowboarder who won the slopestyle event at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2023.
Brookes is from Sandbach, Cheshire, England.[2] She learned to snowboard aged 18 months,[2] at Kidsgrove ski centre in Stoke-on-Trent where her grandfather worked.[3] Her parents spent five ski seasons in Chamonix, France when Brookes was young,[3] and she also continued her snowboarding at Chill Factore.[4] Brookes has attended Sandbach High School; during the COVID-19 pandemic, she studied remotely so that she could compete in snowboard events in mainland Europe.[5]
Brookes has trained in Laax, Switzerland, Livigno, Italy, and Hintertux, Austria.[4] She joined the GB Snowsport programme at the age of 10, [6] and aged 11, she competed at the 2018 British Snowboard Championships in Laax.[3]
In December 2020, Brookes made her international debut, finishing second in a Europa Cup event in Piz Corvatsch.[2] [5] She was unable to compete in FIS Snowboard World Cup events until she was 15 years old.[5] In 2022, she won the FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships big air event, and finished second in the slopestyle event.[7] She was unable to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics, as she was too young.[2] She finished second in the 2022–23 FIS Snowboard World Cup slopestyle event in Laax,[4] and came sixth in the event at the 2023 X Games.[6]
Brookes won the slopestyle event at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2023.[2] [8] At the age of 16, she was the youngest ever snowboard world champion and the first British person to win a snowboard slopestyle world title.[8] [9] In her winning routine, she became the first woman to land a CAB 1440 in competition.[2] [8]
Brookes was named Young Sportswoman of the year by The Times in 2023.[10] In December of that year, she was shortlisted for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award.[11] On 19 December 2023, she was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in a live TV broadcast on BBC One.[12]
Brookes won the 2023 edition of the Big Air World Cup, after finishing the fourth and final competition in third place.[13] Her best result in the competition was second at the event in Edmonton.[14]
| Season | Freestyle overall | Slopestyle | Big Air | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | |||
| 2022–23 | 204 | 10th | 130 | 3rd | 74 | 14th | ||
| 2023–24 | 282 | 6th | 32 | 19th | 250 | 1st | ||
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | align=left | 22 January 2023 | Laax, Switzerland | Slopestyle | 2nd | |
| 2023–24 | align=left | 21 October 2023 | Chur, Switzerland | Big Air | 3rd | |
| align=left | 9 December 2023 | Edmonton, Canada | Big Air | 2nd | ||
| align=left | 15 December 2023 | Copper Mountain, United States | Big Air | 3rd | ||
| 2024–25 | align=left | 2 September 2024 | Cardrona, New Zealand | Slopestyle | 2nd |