Zoe Atkin
Personal information
NationalityAmerican, British
Born (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003
Newton, Massachusetts, US[1]
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportFreestyle skiing
EventHalfpipe
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 BakurianiHalfpipe
Bronze medal – third place2021 AspenHalfpipe
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place2023 AspenSuperpipe

Zoe Atkin (born 16 January 2003) is a British-American freestyle skier.[2]

Career

She competed in the halfpipe event at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021 winning a bronze medal.[3][4] During the 2022-2023 competition season, she won silver in the halfpipe event at the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia and gold in the superpipe at the 2023 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.[5][6] After qualifying for the 2022 Beijing Olympics in the halfpipe event, she qualified to the final in fourth and placed ninth overall in the final.[5][7][8]

Personal life

She is the younger sister of fellow skier Izzy Atkin; both were born in the United States to an English father and Malaysian mother, and have competed for Great Britain from a young age.[9][10] Atkin enrolled at Stanford University in 2022. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Zoe ATKIN". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Profile
  3. ↑ FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021 results
  4. ↑ "Zoe Atkin: British 18-year-old wins halfpipe bronze at World Championships". bbc.co.uk. 12 March 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Britain's Zoe Atkin Soars to Emotional World Championship Silver in Freeski Halfpipe in Bakuriani, Georgia". www.eurosport.com. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Monster Energy Women's Ski SuperPipe". X Games. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Qualification results
  8. ↑ Final results
  9. ↑ Izzie Atkin: The US-born Team GB star who grew up on Marmite and Ribena, Matt McGeehan, Evening Standard, 17 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2022
  10. ↑ Izzy and Zoe Atkin interview: Qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing would be a dream, Eurosport, 4 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022
  11. ↑ Zoe Atkin Biography Retrieved 25 April 2023
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