Britteny Cox

Britteny Cox

Cox in 2012
Personal information
Born (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994
Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 59 kg (9 st 4 lb)[1]
Sport
Country  Australia
Sport Freestyle Skiing
Event(s) Mogul Skiing
Coached by Steve Desovich, Jerry Grossi

Britteny Cox (born 29 September 1994) is an Australian mogul skier. Growing up in the Victorian alpine resort of Falls Creek, Cox was born into a mogul skiing environment, with her family passionate mogul skiers.

Cox was the youngest athlete to compete at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.[2]

Since the Vancouver Olympics, Cox has continued to improve, winning Australia's first ever female World Cup mogul skiing medal, after finishing third at the 2011–12 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Deer Valley, Utah.[3] In 2013 Cox won her second World Cup bronze at the 2012–13 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup.

She competed at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2011, FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Britteny is a scholarship athlete with the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport.

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