Sebastien "Seppe" Smits (born 13 July 1991) is a Belgian professional
snowboarder
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and World Championship medalist.
Smits was born in
Westmalle and started snowboarding at a serious level in the winter of 2006–2007, competing in the Europa Cup. He obtained his first World Cup medal when finishing third in the Big Air competition in
Stockholm on 22 November 2008, winning the silver medal at the World Championships a few months later in
Gangwon. Further medals in the World Cup, both in Big Air and Slopestyle, followed over the next years.
In 2009, Seppe Smits won the rookie Big Air competition at the
Air & Style festival in
Innsbruck.
Smits finished second in the 6-star TTR event in
Beijing
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on 4 December 2010.
On 8 January 2011, Smits took over the lead in the
Swatch TTR World Tour for 2011, after finishing fourth in
Davos. One week later, at the
2011 world championships in Barcelona, Smits won a gold medal in the slopestyle competition and finished third in the Big Air after losing the tie-breaker for silver from
Zach Stone. Smits ended third in the final results of the 2010–2011 Swatch TTR World Tour, after three-times winner
Peetu Piiroinen and
Yuri Podladchikov.
He won the 2011–2012 TTR World Tour Big Air title and finished third at the
2012 World Championships in
Oslo
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in the
slopestyle
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event.
He rides
goofy.
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1991 births
Living people
Belgian male snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders of Belgium
People from Malle
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
X Games athletes
Sportspeople from Antwerp Province