Brita Sigourney (born January 17, 1990) is an American
freestyle skier.
Career
She attended Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California, and later went on to attend the
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University ...
, where she played water polo. She trained in her career as a freestyle skier in
Park City, Utah
Park City is a city in Utah, United States. Most of the city is within Summit County, Utah, Summit County, with some portions extending into Wasatch County, Utah, Wasatch County. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is sou ...
. She won a silver medal in the superpipe at
Winter X Games XV in 2011, followed by a bronze in 2012. She has competed in both the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, finishing 6th in 2014. She won a bronze medal in the 2018 Olympics on February 19, 2018, with a score of 91.6, which she achieved on her third run. Until her third run, the judges expressed to an NBC broadcaster their approval of her form and amplitude but that she needed improvement with her creativity. She was good friends with her competitor Annalisa Drew and regretted bumping her off the podium. She won another bronze at the
2019 FIS World Championship in halfpipe.
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Living people
American female freestyle skiers
1990 births
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
University of California, Davis alumni
X Games competitors
Sportspeople from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Sportspeople from Monterey County, California
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in freestyle skiing
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Monterey, California
21st-century American sportswomen
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