Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's halfpipe

The women's halfpipe competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

was held at Cypress Mountain on February 18, 2010.

Qualification

Rank	Heat	Bib	Name	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Notes
1	1	1	Torah Bright Torah Bright Torah Jane Bright is an Australian snowboarder. She turned pro at age 14 and finished fifth in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. She lives and trains in the area of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA...	41.3	45.8	45.8	QF
2	1	12	Kelly Clark Kelly Clark Kelly Clark is a snowboarder born in the village of West Dover in the town of Dover, Vermont. She has been snowboarding since she was 8 years old, and began competing in 1999...	45.4	13.6	45.4	QF
3	1	22	Queralt Castellet Queralt Castellet Queralt Castellet i Ibáñez is a Spanish snowboarder.She competed at the 2006 Olympic Games, and finished tenth in halfpipe at the 2007 World Snowboard Championships...	44.3	19.9	44.3	QF
4	1	14	Hannah Teter Hannah Teter Hannah Teter is an American snowboarder from Belmont, Vermont. She is an Olympic champion, having won the gold medal in halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. She also won bronze at the 2005 FIS World Championships at Whistler, British Columbia, and has six World Cup victories...	39.7	42.7	42.7	QF
5	1	6	Gretchen Bleiler Gretchen Bleiler Gretchen Bleiler is an American professional halfpipe snowboarder. She currently resides in Aspen, Colorado and is married to Chris Hotell.-Career:...	36.6	40.2	40.2	QF
6	1	4	Sun Zhifeng Sun Zhifeng Sun Zhifeng is a snowboarder who competes in Half-pipe. She has two World Cup victories and competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Sun competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in women's Half-pipe.- References :...	38.2	39.9	39.9	QF
7	1	15	Holly Crawford Holly Crawford Holly Crawford is an Australian half-pipe snowboarder. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and placed 22nd and 12th in her qualification runs. She ranked 19th out of 34 competitors and did not make the final. Crawford also competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics and finished 8th in the final...	38.6	39.5	39.5	QS
8	1	3	Elena Hight Elena Hight Elena Hight is an American Olympic snowboarder.-Career:Hight started snowboarding in 1995 and competing in 2002. Her best World Cup finish was third in a halfpipe event in Spain in 2009....	35.7	37.9	37.9	QS
9	1	10	Soko Yamaoka	34.8	37.0	37.0	QS
10	1	26	Mercedes Nicoll Mercedes Nicoll Mercedes Nicoll is a Canadian snowboarder, specializing in the halfpipe. Nicoll made her World Cup debut in December 1999 at Whistler, Canada, though this was in snowboard cross, rather than halfpipe. All of Nicoll's subsequent World Cup appearances to date have been in halfpipe...	31.1	34.6	34.6	QS
11	1	8	Sophie Rodriguez	30.1	34.5	34.5	QS
12	1	7	Liu Jiayu Liu Jiayu Liu Jiayu is a snowboarder whose specialization is the half-pipe. She has six World Cup Victories and a halfpipe victory at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009. She began snowboarding in 2003, switching over from martial arts at the relatively late age of 11...	26.3	33.3	33.3	QS
13	1	28	Ursina Haller Ursina Haller Ursina Haller is a snowboarder from Switzerland. She competed for Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in halfpipe, finishing ninth. Haller later captured a silver medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships.-External links:* - Biography...	28.3	31.9	31.9	QS
14	1	11	Shiho Nakashima Shiho Nakashima is a Japanese snowboarder who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics and has had two World Cup Victories. She is set to compete for her nation in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Women's Half-pipe. Her motto is "Continuity is power."- External links :...	31.4	12.3	31.4	QS
15	1	16	Sarah Conrad Sarah Conrad Sarah Conrad is a Canadian snowboarder, specializing in the halfpipe. Conrad made her World Cup debut in December 2002 at Whistler, British Columbia. She made her first World Cup podium at Stoneham, Canada in March 2008, where she won silver...	14.4	31.2	31.2	QS
16	1	30	Kendall Brown Kendall Brown Kendall Brown, born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 15 August 1989, is a halfpipe snowboarder based in Wanaka, New Zealand. 16 years old, at the 2006 Winter Olympics she finished 25th and at the 2010 Winter Olympics she ended 15th, after dislocating her shoulder twice in the semi...	11.4	29.5	29.5	QS
17	1	9	Šárka Pančochová Šárka Pančochová Šárka Pančochová is a Czech snowboarder. She started snowboarding in 2002 at her local mountain Morava Pico in Czech.- Career :Sarka got her first sponsor in the 2005/06 season...	15.4	28.1	28.1	QS
18	1	21	Cilka Sadar	18.2	26.8	26.8	QS
19	1	29	Lisa Wiik Lisa Wiik Lisa Therese Hegertun Wiik is a Norwegian snowboarder from Trondheim. She has steadily been rising up the ranks of the Swatch TTR Tour. She began competing in 1996 and is continually improving on her contest results....	23.0	26.5	26.5
20	1	19	Mirabelle Thovex	14.6	24.0	24.0
21	1	23	Rebecca Sinclair Rebecca Sinclair (snowboarder) Rebecca Sinclair, born in Auckland, New Zealand on September 11th, 1991, is a halfpipe snowboarder based in Wanaka, New Zealand. She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics and finished 21st.-Sponsorships:...	14.7	23.7	23.7
22	1	5	Kjersti Buaas Kjersti Buaas Kjersti Østgaard Buaas is a Norwegian snowboarder from Trondheim. She placed 4th in women's half-pipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. She received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in women's half-pipe in Turin, Italy...	20.6	21.8	21.8
23	1	13	Cai Xuetong Cai Xuetong -2010 Olympics:Cai represents China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she competes in the Halfpipe discipline. She is the youngest competitor in the competition.-References:...	14.1	19.3	19.3
24	1	27	Juliane Bray Juliane Bray Juliane Bray is a New Zealand snowboarder. She first gained notice in 2001 when she won a World Cup boarder-cross race in Japan. She represented New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Olympics by competing in snowcross and halfpipe. She represented New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics and was selected...	17.8	15.5	17.8
25	1	25	Manuela Pesko Manuela Pesko Manuela Laura Pesko is a Swiss snowboarder.-External links:* http://www.ManuelaPesko.com...	12.2	17.5	17.5
26	1	24	Palmer Taylor Palmer Taylor Palmer Taylor is a Canadian snowboarder.She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the women's halfpipe competition.-External links:*...	12.9	13.7	13.7
27	1	20	Linn Haug Linn Haug Linn Haug is a Norwegian snowboarder from Trondheim, Norway. She has been riding a snowboard for most of her life, but she only started competing at the age of 15...	11.5	12.8	12.8
28	1	17	Paulina Ligocka Paulina Ligocka Paulina Ligocka is a Polish snowboarder.In March 2006 she finished second in the cumulative final standing of the World Cup in half-pipe....	10.9	11.1	11.1
29	1	2	Rana Okada	7.2	2.7	7.2
30	1	18	Lesley McKenna Lesley McKenna Lesley McKenna is a British professional snowboarder based in Herten, Germany. McKenna has to date competed in three Winter Olympic Games in 2002, 2006 and 2010 but has not won any medals. At the 2010 games, she crashed in both her qualification runs in the women's halfpipe and finished last...	5.1	2.8	5.1

Semifinal

Rank	Bib	Name	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Notes
1	15	Holly Crawford Holly Crawford Holly Crawford is an Australian half-pipe snowboarder. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and placed 22nd and 12th in her qualification runs. She ranked 19th out of 34 competitors and did not make the final. Crawford also competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics and finished 8th in the final...	17.3	41.7	41.7	QF
2	7	Liu Jiayu Liu Jiayu Liu Jiayu is a snowboarder whose specialization is the half-pipe. She has six World Cup Victories and a halfpipe victory at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009. She began snowboarding in 2003, switching over from martial arts at the relatively late age of 11...	41.1	36.2	41.1	QF
3	26	Mercedes Nicoll Mercedes Nicoll Mercedes Nicoll is a Canadian snowboarder, specializing in the halfpipe. Nicoll made her World Cup debut in December 1999 at Whistler, Canada, though this was in snowboard cross, rather than halfpipe. All of Nicoll's subsequent World Cup appearances to date have been in halfpipe...	40.1	28.5	40.1	QF
4	3	Elena Hight Elena Hight Elena Hight is an American Olympic snowboarder.-Career:Hight started snowboarding in 1995 and competing in 2002. Her best World Cup finish was third in a halfpipe event in Spain in 2009....	37.1	10.8	37.1	QF
5	8	Sophie Rodriguez	36.9	9.5	36.9	QF
6	28	Ursina Haller Ursina Haller Ursina Haller is a snowboarder from Switzerland. She competed for Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in halfpipe, finishing ninth. Haller later captured a silver medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships.-External links:* - Biography...	35.4	31.9	35.4	QF
7	11	Shiho Nakashima Shiho Nakashima is a Japanese snowboarder who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics and has had two World Cup Victories. She is set to compete for her nation in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Women's Half-pipe. Her motto is "Continuity is power."- External links :...	34.9	15.2	34.9
8	9	Šárka Pančochová Šárka Pančochová Šárka Pančochová is a Czech snowboarder. She started snowboarding in 2002 at her local mountain Morava Pico in Czech.- Career :Sarka got her first sponsor in the 2005/06 season...	34.4	24.9	34.4
9	30	Kendall Brown Kendall Brown Kendall Brown, born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 15 August 1989, is a halfpipe snowboarder based in Wanaka, New Zealand. 16 years old, at the 2006 Winter Olympics she finished 25th and at the 2010 Winter Olympics she ended 15th, after dislocating her shoulder twice in the semi...	33.3	28.2	33.3
10	10	Soko Yamaoka	30.6	24.9	30.6
11	21	Cilka Sadar	30.1	21.5	30.1
12	16	Sarah Conrad Sarah Conrad Sarah Conrad is a Canadian snowboarder, specializing in the halfpipe. Conrad made her World Cup debut in December 2002 at Whistler, British Columbia. She made her first World Cup podium at Stoneham, Canada in March 2008, where she won silver...	17.8	21.4	21.4

Final

Rank	Bib	Name	Run 1	Run 2	Best
	1	Torah Bright Torah Bright Torah Jane Bright is an Australian snowboarder. She turned pro at age 14 and finished fifth in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. She lives and trains in the area of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA...		45.0	45.0
	14	Hannah Teter Hannah Teter Hannah Teter is an American snowboarder from Belmont, Vermont. She is an Olympic champion, having won the gold medal in halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. She also won bronze at the 2005 FIS World Championships at Whistler, British Columbia, and has six World Cup victories...	42.4	39.2	42.4
	12	Kelly Clark Kelly Clark Kelly Clark is a snowboarder born in the village of West Dover in the town of Dover, Vermont. She has been snowboarding since she was 8 years old, and began competing in 1999...	25.6	42.2	42.2
	7	Liu Jiayu Liu Jiayu Liu Jiayu is a snowboarder whose specialization is the half-pipe. She has six World Cup Victories and a halfpipe victory at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009. She began snowboarding in 2003, switching over from martial arts at the relatively late age of 11...	39.3	34.9	39.3
	8	Sophie Rodriguez	34.4		34.4
	26	Mercedes Nicoll Mercedes Nicoll Mercedes Nicoll is a Canadian snowboarder, specializing in the halfpipe. Nicoll made her World Cup debut in December 1999 at Whistler, Canada, though this was in snowboard cross, rather than halfpipe. All of Nicoll's subsequent World Cup appearances to date have been in halfpipe...	34.3		34.3
	4	Sun Zhifeng Sun Zhifeng Sun Zhifeng is a snowboarder who competes in Half-pipe. She has two World Cup victories and competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Sun competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in women's Half-pipe.- References :...	29.8	33.0	33.0
	15	Holly Crawford Holly Crawford Holly Crawford is an Australian half-pipe snowboarder. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and placed 22nd and 12th in her qualification runs. She ranked 19th out of 34 competitors and did not make the final. Crawford also competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics and finished 8th in the final...	23.9	30.3	30.3
	28	Ursina Haller Ursina Haller Ursina Haller is a snowboarder from Switzerland. She competed for Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in halfpipe, finishing ninth. Haller later captured a silver medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships.-External links:* - Biography...	27.9	18.1	27.9
10	3	Elena Hight Elena Hight Elena Hight is an American Olympic snowboarder.-Career:Hight started snowboarding in 1995 and competing in 2002. Her best World Cup finish was third in a halfpipe event in Spain in 2009....	24.6	16.0	24.6
11	6	Gretchen Bleiler Gretchen Bleiler Gretchen Bleiler is an American professional halfpipe snowboarder. She currently resides in Aspen, Colorado and is married to Chris Hotell.-Career:...	11.0	14.7	14.7

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External links

2010 Winter Olympics results: Ladies' Halfpipe, from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-17.

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