Megan Oldham (born May 12, 2001) is a Canadian

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

who competes internationally in the big air and slopestyle disciplines. Oldham grew up in

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Career

Oldham joined the Canadian national team in 2018. In January 2019, Oldham won her first FIS World Cup medal, a silver, in the slopestyle event. In March 2019, Oldham won her first World Cup gold and took home the 2019 Slopestyle Crystal Globe. Oldham competed at her first

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. She won the bronze medal in the

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 ...

and fourth in the

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 ...

. Oldham won two medals at the 2022 Winter X Games: a silver in big air and a bronze in the slopestyle. On January 24, 2022, Oldham was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the big air and slopestyle events. She earned a fourth-place finish in Big Air. In January 2023, while competing in the

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, Oldham became the first woman to land a triple cork in any women's ski or snowboard event. She landed a leftside triple cork 1440 while competing in Women’s Ski Big Air, and won a gold medal in that event. She won her second gold at the 2023 X Games in women's ski slopetyle.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oldham, Megan 2001 births Living people Canadian female freestyle skiers Sportspeople from Newmarket, Ontario Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers for Canada X Games competitors 21st-century Canadian sportswomen