Elena Hight
 Elena Hight in June 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 17, 1989 Kauai, Hawaii, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) (2010)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52.0 kg (114.6 lb) (2010)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | elenahight.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | halfpipe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2006 Winter Olympics 6th ladies' halfpipe 2010 Winter Olympics 10th ladies' halfpipe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elena Hight (born August 17, 1989, in Kauai)[2] is an American Olympic snowboarder.
In May 2012, while training with the U.S. snowboard team in Mammoth, California, Hight became the first snowboarder to land a double backside alley-oop rodeo in halfpipe competition.[3][4]
On January 26, 2013, at Winter X Games XVII, Hight became the first snowboarder to land a double backside alley-oop rodeo during a halfpipe competition.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics - results & video highlights". January 31, 2017. Archived from the original on February 19, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ^ "Snowboarder Hight ready to hit her heights". February 15, 2010. Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ^ "ESPN: Serving sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere". Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
- ^ "Elena Hight's double backside alley-oop rodeo - ESPN Video". August 23, 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ^ "Elena Hight lands first double backside alley-oop rodeo". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ESPN Body Issue
- Oxygen Magazine Archived November 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- B4BC Cookbook collaboration
- Women's Sports Foundation partnership
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Elena Hight at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Elena Hight at the X Games (archived)
- Elena Hight at Olympics.com
- Elena Hight at Olympedia
- Elena Hight at Team USA (archived)
Categories:
- 1989 births
- American female snowboarders
- Living people
- Olympic snowboarders for the United States
- Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Hawaii
- Sportspeople from Kauai County, Hawaii
- Sportspeople from California
- X Games athletes
- People from South Lake Tahoe, California
- Sportspeople from El Dorado County, California
- 21st-century American sportswomen