Tess Coady (born 2 November 2000) is an Australian snowboarder from

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who won bronze in the slopestyle event at the

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. She also won a bronze medal in slopestyle at the 2021 FIS Snowboard World Championships, and a bronze medal in big air at the 2023 world championships.

Career

Born in

on 2 November 2000, Coady was raised in

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, and began snowboarding with her siblings on weekends and holidays. She began competing at age 14. Coady participated at the

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in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where she competed in big air and in

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. She represented Australia at the

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. At 17 years old, Coady was the youngest athlete on Australia's Olympic team in PyeongChang. She was set to make her Olympic debut in the

event, but tore her ACL while undertaking a practice run in difficult conditions. The qualification heats for the slopestyle event were later cancelled due to strong winds. Since 2020, Coady has been affiliated with the artistic collective

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. At the

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in Aspen, Colorado, Coady won bronze in the slopestyle competition. On 6 February 2022, she won the bronze medal in the slopestyle event at the

, behind

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Zoi Katherine Sadowski-Synnott (, born 6 March 2001) is a New Zealand Snowboarding, snowboarder, specialising in slopestyle and big air competitions. She won the gold medal in the Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle, ...

and Julia Marino. She also qualified for the Olympic final in the big air event, where she placed ninth. In the 2022-2023 competition season, Coady won bronze at the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia in the big air event and silver in the slopestyle event at the 2023 Winter X Games.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coady, Tess 2000 births Living people Australian female snowboarders Sportspeople from Melbourne Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia 21st-century Australian women Sportswomen from Victoria (state) X Games athletes