Megan Oldham
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| Born | May 12, 2001 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Slopestyle, Big air | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Megan Oldham (born May 12, 2001) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the big air and slopestyle disciplines.[1][2] Oldham grew up in Parry Sound, Ontario.[3]
Career
[edit]Oldham joined the Canadian national team in 2018.[1] In January 2019, Oldham won her first FIS World Cup medal, a silver, in the slopestyle event.[4] In March 2019, Oldham won her first World Cup gold and took home the 2019 Slopestyle Crystal Globe.[5]
Oldham competed at her first World Championships in 2021. She won the bronze medal in the slopestyle and fourth in the big air.[6]
Oldham won two medals at the 2022 Winter X Games: a silver in big air and a bronze in the slopestyle.[7]
On January 24, 2022, Oldham was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the big air and slopestyle events. She earned a fourth-place finish in Big Air.[8][9]
In January 2023, while competing in the X Games, Oldham became the first woman to land a triple cork in any women's ski or snowboard event. She landed a leftside triple cork 1440 while competing in Women’s Ski Big Air, and won a gold medal in that event.[10] She won her second gold at the 2023 X Games in women's ski slopetyle.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Megan Oldham". www.freestylecanada.ski/. Freestyle Canada. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Megan Oldham". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ^ Bissonette, Sarah (January 26, 2022). "Parry Sound's Megan Oldham representing Canada at the Winter Olympics". Parrysound.co. Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ^ Awad, Brandi (January 27, 2019). "Max Moffatt And Megan Oldham reach World Cup podium for the first time in Italy". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ^ Wong, Agnes (March 30, 2019). "Megan Oldham wins first World Cup gold and slopestyle Crystal Globe". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team site. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ^ Canadian Press (March 23, 2021). "Canada's Oldham wins slopestyle bronze in her first world championships". Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ^ Awad, Brandi (January 30, 2021). "X Games: Megan Oldham captures a second medal in Aspen". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (January 24, 2022). "Team Canada adds 24 freestyle skiers to the roster for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 29, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ Ewing, Lori (January 24, 2022). "Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team". Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Press. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ "Canada's Megan Oldham lands 1st triple cork in women's events to claim X Games gold". CBC News. CBC Sports. January 28, 2023. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023.
- ^ "Weekend Roundup: Oldham & McMorris make history at X Games, Strate claims first World Cup podium". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team site. January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Megan Oldham at FIS (freestyle)
- Megan Oldham at Olympics.com
- Megan Oldham at Olympedia
- Megan Oldham at Team Canada
- Megan Oldham at the X Games
