Zoe Atkin Explained

Zoe Atkin
Nationality:American, British
Birth Date:16 January 2003
Birth Place:Newton, Massachusetts, US[1]
Country:Great Britain
Sport:Freestyle skiing
Event:Halfpipe

Zoe Atkin (born 16 January 2003) is a British-American freestyle skier.[2]

Career

She competed in the halfpipe event at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021 winning a bronze medal.[3] [4] During the 2022-2023 competition season, she won silver in the halfpipe event at the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia and gold in the superpipe at the 2023 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.[5] [6] After qualifying for the 2022 Beijing Olympics in the halfpipe event, she qualified to the final in fourth and placed ninth overall in the final.[5] [7] [8]

Personal life

She is the younger sister of fellow skier Izzy Atkin; both were born in the United States to an English father and Malaysian mother, and have competed for Great Britain from a young age.[9] [10] Atkin enrolled at Stanford University in 2022. [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zoe ATKIN . Olympics.com . 2 February 2022.
  2. https://gbsnowsport.com/athlete/zoe-atkin/ Profile
  3. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2021/FS/8042/2021FS8042RLF.pdf FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021 results
  4. Web site: Zoe Atkin: British 18-year-old wins halfpipe bronze at World Championships. 12 March 2021. bbc.co.uk.
  5. Web site: 3 April 2023 . Britain's Zoe Atkin Soars to Emotional World Championship Silver in Freeski Halfpipe in Bakuriani, Georgia . 2023-06-03 . www.eurosport.com.
  6. Web site: Monster Energy Women's Ski SuperPipe . 2023-05-28 . X Games . en.
  7. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8091/2022FS8091RLQ.pdf Qualification results
  8. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8093/2022FS8093RLF.pdf Final results
  9. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics-2018-team-gb-izzie-atkin-us-born-marmite-ribena-a3769121.html Izzie Atkin: The US-born Team GB star who grew up on Marmite and Ribena
  10. https://www.eurosport.co.uk/olympics/beijing-2022/2022/izzy-and-zoe-atkin-interview-qualifying-for-the-2022-winter-olympics-in-beijing-would-be-a-dream_sto8098762/story.shtml Izzy and Zoe Atkin interview: Qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing would be a dream
  11. https://www.head.com/en_US/athletes/ski/freeski/zoe-atkin Zoe Atkin Biography

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