Britteny Cox (born 29 September 1994) is an Australian
mogul skier. Growing up in the Victorian alpine resort of
Falls Creek, Cox was born into a mogul skiing environment, with her family passionate mogul skiers.
Cox was the youngest athlete to compete at the
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Since the Vancouver Olympics, Cox has continued to improve, winning Australia's first ever female World Cup mogul skiing medal, after finishing third at the
2011–12 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Deer Valley, Utah.
In 2013 Cox won her second World Cup bronze at the
2012–13 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
The 2012/13 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the thirty fourth World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 22 August 2012 and ended on 25 March 2013. This season included five disciplines: ...
. Brittany Cox won the Crystal Globe for Women's Moguls at the
2016-2017 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup with 7 victories and several other podium finishes. She is the first female Australian Mogul skier to win the crystal globe.
She competed at the
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2011,
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013, and at the
2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...
.
Britteny is a scholarship athlete with the
Olympic Winter Institute of Australia
The Olympic Winter Institute of Australia (OWIA) is an Olympic & federal government-funded elite sports training institution of Australia for the purpose of training athletes and coaches in sports involved in the Winter Olympics.
The Australian ...
and the
Australian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...
.
References
External links
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Britteny Cox's profile at the International Ski Federation
Olympic freestyle skiers for Australia
Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
1994 births
Living people
Australian female freestyle skiers
Sportspeople from Wodonga
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
21st-century Australian sportswomen
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