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    XXII Olympic Winter Games
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    Katie TSUYUKI

    Canada
    • Gender: Female
    • Nationality: Canada
    • Birthday: 4 March 1982
    • Age: 32
    • Height: 1.68 m (5' 6'')
    • Weight: 52 kg / 115 lbs
    • Place of Birth: Canada, SCARBOROUGH
    • Place of Residence: -
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    Athlete competitions and results

    • 12 February, 16:00 Ladies' Halfpipe Qualification
    • Katie TSUYUKI
      Score: 54.25
    • Rank: 9
    • 12 February, 19:00 Ladies' Halfpipe Semifinals
    • Katie TSUYUKI
      Score: 56.25
    • Rank: 7

    Additional Information

    Highlights

    RankEventYearLocation
    FIS World Championships
    15Halfpipe2013Stoneham, QC, CAN

    FIS World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons
    SeasonHPAFU
    2013/20142238
    2012/20132331
    2011/20123546

    Best performance per season in FIS World Cup events from 2010/2011
    SeasonHP
    2013/20141 x 11th
    2012/20131 x 12th
    2011/20121 x 12th

    RankEventYearLocation
    Ten best FIS World Cup performances in current season
    11Halfpipe2013/2014Ruka, FIN
    17Halfpipe2013/2014Stoneham, QC, CAN
    23Halfpipe2013/2014Cardrona, NZL
    32Halfpipe2013/2014Copper Mountain, CO, USA


    Legend
    ALL-Overall, PGS-Parallel Giant Slalom, PS-Parallel Slalom, PAR-Parallel Overall, SBX-Snowboard Cross, ASP-Parallel and Snowboard Cross overall ranking, HP-Halfpipe, BA-Big Air, SBS-Slopestyle, AFU-Freestyle overall ranking, BA/SBS-Big Air and Slopestyle overall ranking, DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
    • Nickname: K-Tron (olympic.ca, 21 Jan 2014)
    • Occupation: Athlete, Motivational Speaker
    • Coach: Crispin Lipscomb [personal], CAN; Dan Raymond [national], CAN (olympic.ca, 21 Jan 2014; whistlerquestion.com, 16 Dec 2013)
    • Sporting Relatives: Her brother and her sister-in-law have both been national wakeboarding champions. (ktathletics.com, 22 Nov 2013)
    • Hobbies: Cooking, fitness, wakesurfing. (olympic.ca, 21 Jan 2014)
    • Languages Spoken: English
    • Position Style: Regular (anakieouterwear.com, 04 Sep 2012)
    • Other Sports: She competed in wakeboarding growing up and was junior national champion in 2001. (ktathletics.com, 22 Nov 2013)

    Additional Information

    Start of sporting career
    She took up snowboarding at age 16. (olympic.ca, 21 Jan 2014)

    Reason for taking up this sport
    She was a competitive swimmer for eight years, and also had a background in water skiing and wakeboarding. However when she saw halfpipe had been introduced at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, she thought it was something she could do, especially during the long winter in Canada. (olympic.ca, 21 Jan 2014)

    Ambitions
    To finish in the top five at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (Facebook page, 23 Jan 2014)

    Most memorable sporting achievement
    Winning the 2006 National Championships at Mont Avila in Quebec, Canada. (fis-ski.com, 18 Jan 2014; pro-ride.com, 27 Aug 2013)

    Hero
    Her parents, Japanese snowboarder Soko Yamaoka. (anakieouterwear.com, 04 Sep 2012)

    Sporting philosophy / motto
    "I love winning. I can take losing. Most of all I love to play." [Boris Becker] (olympic.ca, 21 Jan 2014)

    General
    INSPIRING HER COACH
    Her efforts to qualify for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi have inspired her coach Crispin Lipscomb to come out of retirement. He has also been selected in the Canada squad for the Games. (olympic.ca, 21 Jan 2013)

    VANCOUVER OLYMPICS
    She was a forerunner for the halfpipe competition at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (olympic.ca, 21 Jan 2013)

    OTHER ACTIVITIES
    She has coached snowboarding and given motivational speeches. (LinkedIn profile, 2014; pro-ride.com, 27 Aug 2013)

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    Hear more from the athlete via their website, Twitter, Facebook, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

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    • Stance: Regular
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