Barrett Christy is an American snowboarder and Winter Olympics Athlete. She currently resides in

Gig Harbor, Washington Gig Harbor is the name of both a bay on Puget Sound and a city on its shore in Pierce County, Washington,. The population was 12,029 at the 2020 census. Gig Harbor is one of several cities and towns that claim to be "the gateway to the Olympic ...

. Christy was a member of the first

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team during the

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. She has won more medals than any other female athlete in the

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, until

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passed her.

History

Christy was born in

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, and grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She learned to snowboard in 1991 and has been competing since the mid-1990s. She lived in

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from 1991 to 1995, living hand-to-mouth in poverty like a "ski bum". She later moved to upscale

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after going "Big Time." Christy's signature move is called the "Barrett Roll".

Media appearances

Christy has been featured in ''Hardly Angels'' (2002) and ''Our Turn'' (2001), both all-girl snowboard films by White Knuckle Extreme. In 2007, she was featured in the women's snowboard movie ''Float''.

Other work

Christy oversees the design of women's snowboards for Gnu Snowboards, including the Gnu Barret Christy Pro Model (B-Pro), which is the longest-running women's pro model snowboard.

Competition history

* 2003 Mt. Baker Banked Slalom - 5th * 2002

- 3rd Slopestyle * 2002 World Championships - 3rd Superpipe * 2001 ESPN Action Sports and Music Awards - Female Snowboarder of the Year * 2001 Mt. Baker Banked Slalom - 1st Pro Women * 2001 Grand Prix in Mammoth and Breckenridge, 1st * 2000 Winter X Games - 2nd Superpipe/ 3rd Slopestyle * 2000 US Open - 3rd Superpipe * 2000 Winter Gravity Games - 3rd Big Air * 2000 Transworld Riders Poll Awards - Best Overall Female Snowboarder * 1999 Transworld Riders Poll Awards - Best Overall Female Snowboarder * 1999

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- 1st Big Air, 1999 * 1999 Winter X Games - 1st halfpipe / 2nd slopestyle * 1999

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, 3rd Big Air * 1998 Winter X Games - 2nd Big Air, 2nd Slopestyle * 1998

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team member, Nagano Japan * 1997 Winter X Games - 1st Big Air, 1st Slopestyle * 1997 US Open - 1st Halfpipe, 1st Big Air * 1997 US Open - 1st in Halfpipe and Big Air * 1994 Amateur National Halfpipe contest, 1st

References

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External links

interview in Frequency Snowboard Journal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Christy, Barrett Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for the United States Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics People from Gig Harbor, Washington Sportspeople from Pierce County, Washington 21st-century American women