Cheryl Maas
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| Born |
September 28, 1984 Uden, Netherlands | ||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg) | ||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||
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Cheryl Maas (born 28 September 1984 in Uden, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch snowboarder, who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, finishing 11th at the halfpipe in which she is specialised. She started snowboarding in 1993. In 2004 she played in the snowboard movie Dropstitch.
She had an accident in the Winter X Games 13 slopestyle track while training before the event.
Personal life
Cheryl Maas is married to Norwegian former snowboarder Stine Brun Kjeldaas.[1] They have two daughters called Lara and Mila.[2][3] After Maas qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics, she criticized the International Olympic Committee for hosting the Olympics in gay-unfriendly Russia.[4]
External links
- Official website
- Article about the problems with the Winter X Games 13 slopestyle track in aftenposten.no (norwegian)
References
- ↑ Joldersma, Anne; van Lakerveld, Erik (1 August 2013). "Atleten bezorgd om antihomowet". NUsport (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ↑ http://www.celtek.com/cheryl-maas-interview/
- ↑ "Cheryl Maas profile". Sochi 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ Joldersma, Anne (14 October 2013). "'IOC moet beter nadenken waar het de Spelen organiseert'". NUsport (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 October 2013.
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