Brenna Huckaby
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 22, 1996 Baton Rouge, Louisiana[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Snowboard cross Banked slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Lane Clegg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brenna Huckaby(born January 22, 1996)[1]is an American snowboarder. She competed at the2018 Winter Paralympics,winning gold medals in thesnowboard crossandbanked slalom,and she won gold and a bronze medal at the2022 Winter Paralympics.She is the first Paralympian to appear in theSwimsuit IssueofSports Illustrated.Huckaby won the 2024 'Best Athlete with a Disability'ESPY Award.
Early life and education
[edit]Huckaby has two brothers.[1]She was a nationally ranked gymnast.[2][3]She learned to snowboard at age 15 at the National Ability Center.[3]While still in school, Huckaby moved to Utah to pursue snowboarding.[3]
Snowboarding career
[edit]Huckaby won her first world championship in snowboarding in 2015.[3]She won world championships in both snowboard-cross and banked slalom in 2017.[1]Huckaby is the first Paralympian to appear in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit issue.[4]
She competed at the2018 Winter Paralympics,winning gold medals in both thesnowboard crossandbanked slalom.[5]
She won the gold medal in the women's dual banked slalom SB-LL1 event at the2021 World Para Snow Sports Championshipsheld in Lillehammer, Norway.[6][7]She also won the silver medal in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL1 event.[8][9]
Huckaby isclassified as a SB-LL1snowboarder. In January 2022, she won a court decision to allow herto competeat the2022 Winter Paralympics;this was previously not permitted as there are no SB-LL1 events for female snowboarders in the snowboarding program.[10][11]She won the gold medal in thewomen's banked slalom SB-LL2event.[12]She also won the bronze medal in thewomen's snowboard cross SB-LL2event.[13][14]
Personal life
[edit]She is married to Tristan Clegg. Huckaby gave birth to her daughter Lilah in 2016.[2][3]She gave birth to her second daughter Sloan in 2020.
References
[edit]- ^abcdef"Brenna Huckaby".Team USA.Archived fromthe originalon May 1, 2015.RetrievedMarch 7,2018.
- ^abBreakey, Sharlene (December 27, 2017)."Para Snowboarder Brenna Huckaby Shares Her Proudest Moment Before the 2018 Paralympics".Parents.RetrievedMarch 7,2018.
- ^abcde"Q&A withsnowboarder Brenna Huckaby".NBC Olympics.December 19, 2017.RetrievedMarch 7,2018.
- ^Williams, Doug (March 6, 2018)."Increased Interest In Paralympic Games Shines A Light On Athletes".Team USA.Archived fromthe originalon March 6, 2018.RetrievedMarch 7,2018.
- ^"Brenna Huckaby".Athlete's profile.Pyeongchang 2018. Archived fromthe originalon March 16, 2018.RetrievedMarch 16,2018.
- ^"Lisa Bunschoten trails, falls, recovers and wins third straight world title".Paralympic.org.January 14, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 15,2022.
- ^Houston, Michael (January 14, 2022)."United States win three snowboard golds at World Para Snow Sports Championships".InsideTheGames.biz.RetrievedJanuary 15,2022.
- ^"Canada's Tyler Turner beats 'best of the best' for first World Championships gold".January 21, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 21,2022.
- ^Burke, Patrick (January 21, 2022)."Pedersen clinches third gold of World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer".InsideTheGames.biz.RetrievedJanuary 21,2022.
- ^Pavitt, Michael (January 21, 2022)."IPC" surprised "as Huckaby wins court appeal to compete at Beijing 2022 Paralympics".InsideTheGames.biz.RetrievedJanuary 21,2022.
- ^"IPC surprised and disappointed by court's Para snowboard decision".Paralympic.org.January 20, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 21,2022.
- ^"Snowboarding Results Book"(PDF).2022 Winter Paralympics.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on March 12, 2022.RetrievedMarch 12,2022.
- ^Burke, Patrick (March 7, 2022)."Hernandez takes snowboard cross gold at Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics".InsideTheGames.biz.RetrievedMarch 7,2022.
- ^"Paralympian Brenna Huckaby wins bronze after a legal fight to compete in the games".npr.March 7, 2022.RetrievedMarch 7,2022.
External links
[edit]- Brenna HuckabyatTeam USA(archived)
- Brenna Huckabyat theInternational Paralympic Committee
- Brenna Huckabyat IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Brenna HuckabyatWorld Para Snowboard
- 1996 births
- Living people
- American female snowboarders
- Paralympic snowboarders for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in snowboarding
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
- Sportspeople from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- 21st-century American women