Jamie Nicholls (born 21 July 1993) is a

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who competes in

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. Nicholls was born in

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. He qualified for the

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. On 6 February 2014 in the qualification event Nicholls finished the fourth in his heat and qualified directly for the final. He finished 6th in the men's slopestyle final at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He became the first British male snowboarder to win a

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event when he finished top of the standings in the final slopestyle event of the 2015-16 season, the Audi Snowjam in Spindleruv Mlyn in the Czech Republic, helping him to fifth in the slopestyle World Cup rankings for the season. He has won three medals at FIS World Cup.

Competitive history

; 2014 Winter Olympics

Personal life

In a 2011 interview with

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magazine '' Whitelines'', Nicholls confirmed that his favourite resort is Mayerhoffen, his favourite colour is

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, and his favourite spread is

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. He is the cousin of snowboarder Katie Ormerod.

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Nicholls Sochi profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholls, Jamie 1993 births Living people English male snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Great Britain Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Bradford 21st-century English sportsmen