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Megan Oldham

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Megan Oldham
Personal information
Born (2001-05-12) May 12, 2001 (age 23)
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Country Canada
SportFreestyle skiing
Event(s)Slopestyle, Big air
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bakuriani Slopestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Aspen Slopestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bakuriani Big air
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Norway Big air
Gold medal – first place 2023 Aspen Big air
Gold medal – first place 2023 Aspen Slopestyle
Silver medal – second place 2021 Aspen Big air
Silver medal – second place 2022 Aspen Big air
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Aspen Slopestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Aspen Slopestyle

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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Megan Oldham". www.freestylecanada.ski/. Freestyle Canada. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Megan Oldham". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Canadian Press (March 23, 2021). "Canada's Oldham wins slopestyle bronze in her first world championships". Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Ewing, Lori (January 24, 2022). "Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team". Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Press. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
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