Additional Information
Highlights
Rank | Event | Year | Location |
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FIS World Championships |
19 | Halfpipe | 2013 | Stoneham, QC, CAN |
21 | Slopestyle | 2013 | Stoneham, QC, CAN |
World Snowboarding Championships |
32 | Halfpipe | 2012 | Oslo, NOR |
53 | Slopestyle | 2012 | Oslo, NOR |
FIS World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
Season | HP | AFU |
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2013/2014 | 66 | 35 |
2012/2013 | 23 | 29 |
Best performance per season in FIS World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
Season | HP | SBS |
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2013/2014 | 1 x 31st | 1 x 8th |
2012/2013 | 1 x 8th | 1 x 11th |
Rank | Event | Year | Location |
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Ten best FIS World Cup performances in current season |
8 | Slopestyle | 2013/2014 | Stoneham, QC, CAN |
15 | Slopestyle | 2013/2014 | Copper Mountain, CO, USA |
31 | Halfpipe | 2013/2014 | Cardrona, NZL |
36 | Halfpipe | 2013/2014 | Copper Mountain, CO, USA |
LegendALL-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
- Occupation: Athlete
- Coach: Sam Wilkinson (snowsports.ie, 11 Jan 2013)
- Debut: 2010 for Ireland, FIS Race (Copper Mountain, CO) (fis-ski.com, 14 Dec 2010)
- Languages Spoken: English, Russian
- Position Style: Regular (worldsnowboardtour.com, 2013)
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerHe first tried snowboarding at age four, and began competing at age eight. (irishcentral.com, 08 Dec 2013)
AmbitionsTo compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (discoveringireland.com, 09 Dec 2013)
Most memorable sporting achievementWalking into the opening ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (ONS, 08 Feb 2014)
GeneralNATIONAL FIRST
He became the first Irish halfpipe and slopestyle snowboarder to be selected for an Olympic Winter Games when he was named in the Ireland team for the 2014 Games in Sochi. (bbc.co.uk, 31 Jan 2014)
OPTIONS
Born in the United States, he was also eligible to represent Russia through his mother and Great Britain through his father. He made the decision to compete for Ireland as his grandparents were born there, and he believed he would have a better chance of qualifying for the Olympic Winter Games. (ramonajournal.com, 2011)
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