Matthew Morison (born April 9, 1987) is a

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amateur

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who currently resides in

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. Morison has qualified to compete at the

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, British Columbia. Matthew, a native of Burketon, Ontario began snowboarding at the

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Ski Club at a young age. By Age 11, Morison was already beating senior men in races. Matthew competes in Alpine disciplines, Parallel GS and Parallel Slalom. He attended Courtice Secondary School. Matthew was featured in the

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series 'Summer Sessions' alongside fellow national riders like Jasey-Jay Anderson and Michael Lambert. He also featured in the follow-up MTV show ''Over the Bolts'' which followed the Canadian national team over the season. Matthew finished the 2007–08 season ranked 4th overall in the

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, in the 2008–09 season he ranked 6th overall. He has reached the podium nine separate occasions at World Cup races including three Parallel GS golds in

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, Valmalenco,

, and Furano,

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.MORISON Matthew
fis-ski.com Matt won a bronze at the 2009 FIS World Championships, the bronze was Morison's first world championship medal.

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* * Canadian male snowboarders Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics 1987 births Living people Olympic snowboarders for Canada Sportspeople from Oshawa 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-snowboarding-bio-stub