Cheryl Maas (born 28 September 1984) is a Dutch

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er, who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in

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, finishing 11th at the

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. She also competed at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

in Sochi, finishing 20th in

slopestyle Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features. Points are scored for amplitude, originality and quality of tricks. The disc ...

and in the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

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where she finished 23rd in

and 20th in

big air Big air is a high-injury-risk sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a motocross motorcycle, a skateboard, a snowboard, or a pair of skis, down a hill or ramp and performs aerial tricks after launching off very large ju ...

. She started snowboarding in 1993. In 2004, she played in the snowboard movie ''Dropstitch''.

2016 Oslo

Cheryl Maas took home a gold medal during the women’s big air event.

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She had an accident in the

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13 slopestyle track while training before the event.

Personal life

Cheryl Maas lived in Oslo and is married to Natalie Hatfield from Boise, Idaho in February 2021. Cheryl has two daughters called Lara and Mila Kjeldaas, with her ex-wife Stine Brun Kjeldaas. After Maas qualified for the

, she criticized the

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for hosting the Olympics in gay-unfriendly Russia.

References

External links

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Article about the problems with the Winter X Games 13 slopestyle track in aftenposten.no (norwegian)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maas, Cheryl 1984 births Living people Dutch female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders of the Netherlands Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics People from Uden Lesbian sportswomen LGBT snowboarders LGBT sportspeople from the Netherlands 21st-century LGBT people Sportspeople from North Brabant