Torah Bright

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Torah (Jane) Bright (born December 27, 1986, Cooma, Australia) is an Australian snowboarder. She turned pro at age 14 and finished fifth in snowboarding for Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. She is a committed Mormon and trains in Salt Lake City, Utah

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[edit] Career

She finished 30th overall at the 2005 World Championships in Whistler, Canada and was runner up for the World Cup title during the 2003/04 season.

She entered only two World Cup events during the 2004/05 season, and both were at the 2006 Winter Olympic venue of Bardonecchia in February. She placed third in both events, qualifying for the Australian Olympic team.

In 2006, she scored a silver medal at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado, and returned the following year, to win the gold medal in the women's superpipe event. She is the first Australian snowboarder to ever win gold at the Winter X Games (11), beating Winter Olympic medalists Gretchen Bleiler and Hannah Teter.

In 2007, she took first 2007 Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open in the women's halfpipe, taking a first place giving her back-to-back wins in two consecutive competitions. At the 2007 World Super Pipe Championships in Park City, Utah, Bright won first place, beating 2002 Olympic gold medalist Kelly Clark. In late 2007, she made the podium for both events in the Roxy (clothing) Chicken Jam, the final event in the TTR (Ticket to Ride) Snowboard Tour, where she became the 2007 TTR world champion.[1]

Bright is on the snowboarding team Roxy, the female-specific brand of Australian surfing company Quiksilver. Her other sponsors include Salomon and Boost Mobile.

[edit] Competition Results

2008

  • 1st-Superpipe-World Superpipe Championships-Park City, UT. Pipe cut by Tyson Goodrich (T-Bag)
  • 2nd - Superpipe - EXPN Winter X Games 12 (Aspen, CO)
  • 1st- Superpipe- Nippon Open Japan
  • 1st- Superpipe- Burton US Open, Vermont
  • Burton Global Open Champion

2007

  • Burton Global Open Champion
  • TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion 0607
  • 1st - Halfpipe - Burton New Zealand Open
  • 4th - Slopestyle - Burton New Zealand Open
  • 2nd - Halfpipe - Roxy Chicken Jam (USA)
  • 3rd - Slopestyle - Roxy Chicken Jam (USA)
  • 2nd - Slopestyle - Burton US Open
  • 3rd - Halfpipe - Burton US Open
  • 1st - Superpipe - World Superpipe Championships
  • 1st - Halfpipe - X-Trail Nippon Open
  • 1st - Halfpipe - EXPN Winter X Games 11

2006

  • 1st - Halfpipe - Us Open
  • 1st - Superpipe - World Superpipe Championships Park City, UT. Pipe cut by Tyson Goodrich (T-Bag)
  • 1st - Vans Cup

2005

  • 1st - Arctic Challenge, Tromso, Norway
  • 2nd - US Open
  • 1st - Nippon Open
  • 3rd - FIS World Cup
  • 3rd - Slopestyle - Roxy Chicken Jam (USA)

2004

  • 1st - Half Pipe - FIS World Cup, Turin
  • 2nd - World Cup, Whistler
  • 2nd - FIS World Cup, Juetsu, Japan
  • 3rd - FIS World Cup, Sapporo, Japan
  • 2nd - Roxy pro, Les Arc, France

[edit] Trivia

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  • Stance: Goofy
  • She is coached by her older brother, Ben Bright.
  • Torah's younger sister Abi Bright is an up-and-coming snowboarder who also competes.
  • Torah's older sister Rowena Bright competed in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.

[edit] Early life

Born to parents Peter and Marion Bright, Torah Jane is the second youngest in the family of five Bright siblings. She grew up in Cooma Australia at the base of the Snowy Mountains and initially started out as a downhill ski racer. When older brother Ben picked up snowboarding and passed it on to his younger sister, Torah has said, "I never looked back."

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.ttrworldtour.com/362.0.html Torah's official TTR profile

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