Maggie Voisin

Maggie Voisin
Medal record
Competitor for the  United States
Women's Freestyle skiing
Winter X Games
2014 Aspen Slopestyle

Maggie Voisin (born December 14, 1998 in Whitefish, Montana[1]) is an American freeskier. She was selected for the U.S. Olympic team to compete in the women’s slopestyle event at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, she fractured her right fibula above her ankle, and was unable to compete. During the 2013–14 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup season, Voisin finished in fourth in events in both Cardona, New Zealand[2] and Copper Mountain in Colorado.[3] At the 2014 Winter X Games, Voisin won the slopestyle silver medal, becoming the youngest skier to medal in X Games history.[4]

Having turned 15 less than two months before the opening of the Sochi Olympics, Voisin would have been the youngest American to compete at the Winter Olympics since 1972.[5]

Notes

  1. NBC Olympics – Maggie Voisin profile, accessed January 30, 2014
  2. "Ladies' Slopestyle - Cardrona, NZL". FIS. August 25, 2013.
  3. "Ladies' Slopestyle - Copper Mountain, USA". FIS. December 21, 2013.
  4. Peers, Brad (January 26, 2014). "Voisin claims silver at X Games Aspen". NBC Montana. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  5. Zaccardi, Nick (January 21, 2014). "Ski halfpipe, slopestyle teams include youngest U.S. Winter Olympian since 1972". NBC OlympicTalk. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

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