Sarah Höfflin Explained

Sarah Höfflin
Birth Date:1991 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Geneva
Sport:Freestyle skiing
Event:Slopestyle, Big air

Sarah Höfflin (born 8 January 1991) is an Olympic Swiss freestyle skier. She won a gold medal in big air at Winter X Games XXII,[1] and won gold in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Early life and education

Höfflin lived in the UK between the ages of 12 and 22, living in Tewkesbury, where she attended Tewkesbury School, before attending Cardiff University, where she graduated with a degree in neuroscience. She was a late starter as a freestyle skier, only taking up the sport in her early 20s when competing at British Universities' Snowsports Council competitions after leaving university and returning to Switzerland.[2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aspen 2018 Women's Ski Big Air. xgames.espn.com. 28 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Atkin bags slopestyle bronze for Britain's first Winter Olympics medal on skis . . 17 February 2018 . Peeblesshire News . 17 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Sorry, I'm not British, says Swiss winner Hoefflin . Ransom . Ian . 17 February 2018. Ganguly . Sudipto. . 17 February 2018.
  4. Web site: 'Stoked' Izzy Atkin becomes Britain's first Olympic medal-winning skier . Ingle . Sean . Sean Ingle . 17 February 2018 . . 17 February 2018.