Kaitlyn Brooke Farrington (born December 18, 1989) is an American former professional snowboarder and amateur freestyle snowmobiler who grew up on a cattle ranch near Bellevue, Idaho, and now lives in Whitefish, Montana.[4] She won the gold medal in the women's half-pipe competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.[1] Prior to her Olympic debut, she competed in the 2010 European Winter X Games and won the gold medal.[5] On December 8, 2022, Farrington was announced as a backup crew member of the dearMoon project, a lunar spaceflight mission.[6]
Kaitlyn Farrington Clark
Personal information
Birth name
Kaitlyn Brooke Farrington
Born
(1989-12-18) December 18, 1989 (age 33) Hailey, Idaho, United States[1]
Farrington was born to parents Gary and Suz Farrington; she has an older sister. The Farringtons own a ranch near Sun Valley, Idaho, and Kaitlyn grew up riding horses. Suz Farrington credited her daughter's smooth style with good balance from riding horses. She was skiing by age three and barrel racing at age five. "She was skiing on a tether for two days, then said, 'I'm done with this stuff,'" remembered Mr. Farrington.[7]
By high school, Farrington was competing as a snowboarder, and her parents had to sell the cows on their ranch to pay for expenses.[7]
Careeredit
Farrington is left-handed and uses a goofy stance. She became the first women's rider to perform a backside 1080. She goes about 9 feet high above the edge of the half-pipe, but considers herself as a more technical rider in order to make up for her height. Farrington has had five wrist surgeries.[8]
2014 Sochi Olympic Games - Half pipe women - gold medalist
On January 16, 2015, Farrington announced via Instagram of her retirement from professional snowboarding at only 25 years of age. In October 2014, Farrington was involved in a fall in Austria while trying to execute a frontside 360 off a small jump. Once returning home to Salt Lake City, Farrington went to get an MRI, to find that she had been diagnosed with congenital cervical stenosis, a congenital spine condition. Doctors told her that competitive snowboarding would put her at great risk of extreme injury due to the condition. Farrington has said "I can walk. I can still snowboard, I just have to keep my feet on the ground".[10]
Farrington has a cat named Zilla, after Godzilla.[13] She collects refrigerator magnets from her travel stops and loves running and music.[8] Farrington said she was listening to Ghostland Observatory'sGive Me The Beat when competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.[14]
She recently picked up Frisbee golf and tries to surf, which she calls "drowning".[15]
A black diamond run on Sun Valley's Bald Mountain was renamed "Kaitlyn's Bowl" in her honor.[16]
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^ ab. Sochi 2014 Olympics. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
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Kaitlyn Brooke Farrington born December 18 1989 is an American former professional snowboarder and amateur freestyle snowmobiler who grew up on a cattle ranch near Bellevue Idaho and now lives in Whitefish Montana 4 She won the gold medal in the women s half pipe competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia 1 Prior to her Olympic debut she competed in the 2010 European Winter X Games and won the gold medal 5 On December 8 2022 Farrington was announced as a backup crew member of the dearMoon project a lunar spaceflight mission 6 Kaitlyn Farrington ClarkPersonal informationBirth nameKaitlyn Brooke FarringtonBorn 1989 12 18 December 18 1989 age 33 Hailey Idaho United States 1 Height5 ft 4 in 163 cm 2 SportCoached byElijah Teter 3 Medal record Women s snowboardingRepresenting United StatesOlympic Games2014 Sochi HalfpipeWinter X Games2011 Aspen SuperPipe2014 Aspen SuperPipe Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editFarrington was born to parents Gary and Suz Farrington she has an older sister The Farringtons own a ranch near Sun Valley Idaho and Kaitlyn grew up riding horses Suz Farrington credited her daughter s smooth style with good balance from riding horses She was skiing by age three and barrel racing at age five She was skiing on a tether for two days then said I m done with this stuff remembered Mr Farrington 7 By high school Farrington was competing as a snowboarder and her parents had to sell the cows on their ranch to pay for expenses 7 Career editFarrington is left handed and uses a goofy stance She became the first women s rider to perform a backside 1080 She goes about 9 feet high above the edge of the half pipe but considers herself as a more technical rider in order to make up for her height Farrington has had five wrist surgeries 8 2014 Sochi Olympic Games Half pipe women gold medalist 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships Women s halfpipe 4th place behind Arielle Gold Holly Crawford and Sophie Rodriguez 2013 World Cup Sochi 5th place 9 2013 World Cup Park City bronze medalist 2013 World Cup Copper Mountain 5th place 2012 U S Grand Prix overall champion 2012 Dew Tour Breckenridge gold medalist 2011 X Games Aspen silver medalist 2011 Dew Tour silver medalist 2010 X Games Europe gold medalist 2010 Dew Tour overall champion 2008 Junior World Championships silver medalistOn January 16 2015 Farrington announced via Instagram of her retirement from professional snowboarding at only 25 years of age In October 2014 Farrington was involved in a fall in Austria while trying to execute a frontside 360 off a small jump Once returning home to Salt Lake City Farrington went to get an MRI to find that she had been diagnosed with congenital cervical stenosis a congenital spine condition Doctors told her that competitive snowboarding would put her at great risk of extreme injury due to the condition Farrington has said I can walk I can still snowboard I just have to keep my feet on the ground 10 She has been accepted as a backup crewmember for the dearMoon project 11 12 Personal life editFarrington has a cat named Zilla after Godzilla 13 She collects refrigerator magnets from her travel stops and loves running and music 8 Farrington said she was listening to Ghostland Observatory s Give Me The Beat when competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia 14 She recently picked up Frisbee golf and tries to surf which she calls drowning 15 A black diamond run on Sun Valley s Bald Mountain was renamed Kaitlyn s Bowl in her honor 16 References edit a b Kaitlyn FARRINGTON Snowboard United States Sochi 2014 Olympics Sochi 2014 Olympics Archived from the original on July 5 2014 Retrieved February 12 2014 Kaitlyn Farrington teamusa org United States Olympic Committee Archived from the original on January 21 2014 Retrieved February 13 2014 Ben Boyd Pro snowboarder transitions to coaching Olympians Lake Tahoe NewsLake Tahoe News a b Finding Solace with Olympic Gold Medalist Kaitlyn Farrington explorewhitefish com Retrieved May 18 2022 Results Women s Snowboard SuperPipe espn go com ESPN March 9 2010 Retrieved February 13 2014 dearMoon Crew Announcement YouTube December 8 2022 Retrieved December 8 2022 a b Kaitlyn Farrington Cowgirls Up For Gold a b Kaitlyn Farrington Athletes Kaitlyn Farrington Team USA Kaitlyn Farrington forced to retire ESPN January 15 2015 Retrieved February 1 2015 全世界から100万人が応募 dearMoon 最終選考間近 エントリー映像公開 1M ENTRIES WORLDWIDE dearMoon Applicants Sneak Peek Crew for Moon Trip Selected Gold Medalist Snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington Sochi Winter Olympics 2014 Elle February 21 2014 Retrieved April 1 2014 David Letterman U S Olympic Gold Medalist Kaitlyn Farrington YouTube GQ A Kaitlyn Farrington Snowboard Halfpipe Gold Medalist on Partying in Sochi and More GQ February 19 2014 Retrieved April 1 2014 Michael Locklear March 1 2014 Gold medalist brings surge of energy to Sun Valley KBOI TV Retrieved March 5 2014 External links editKaitlyn Farrington at Team USA archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kaitlyn Farrington amp oldid 1187973271, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
