Chris Corning (born September 7, 1999) is an American

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...

. He competed 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 jum ...

and

slopestyle Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes skiing, 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. Th ...

at Winter X Games XXII. He won a bronze medal in

at the

FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 The 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships were held in Sierra Nevada, Spain, from March 6–19, 2017. Snowboard cross team events for men and women were introduced to the championships schedule for the first time, bringing ...

. He was selected to participate in the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

, placing 4th in the big air contest and 17th in slopestyle. In 2018 he placed 2nd in the Burton US Open, behind Mark McMorris. He won a gold medal in

at the

FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019 The 2019 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships was held in Utah, in resorts Park City, Deer Valley and Solitude Mountain, from February 1 to 10, 2019. 19-year-old Dmitry Loginov of Russia became the youngest World Champion ...

in Utah. He competed in the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...

, placing 6th in slopestyle, and 7th in big air.

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* * * * * * 1999 births Living people American male snowboarders X Games competitors Olympic snowboarders for the United States Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics People from Summit County, Colorado 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-snowboarding-bio-stub