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Kelly Clark

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Kelly Clark is an American snowboarder, born on July 26, 1983 in Newport, Rhode Island, who won halfpipe gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She started snowboarding at seven, began competing in 1999 and joined the US Snowboard team in 2000, training at Mount Snow Academy in Vermont. After her 2002 gold she finished fourth in the halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympics behind fellow Americans Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler and Norwegian Kjersti Buaas, and took halfpipe bronze at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver behind Teter and Torah Bright. In the 2007 to 2008 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour season she recorded eight podium finishes, five of them titles, and she finished the 2008 to 2009 season as tour champion. She retired from competition at the Winter X Games in Aspen on January 25, 2019, and received the 2015 ESPY Award for Best Female Action Sports Athlete.

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Birth Year
1983 1
Gender
Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 2
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is an American snowboarder who won halfpipe gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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1. Olympedia: Kelly Clark Olympic profile (Olympedia)
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  • Biographical information, Born
    Born 26 July 1983 in Newport, Rhode Island USA
  • Biographical information, Sex
    Sex Female
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2. Kelly Clark (Wikipedia)
  • Biography, tour titles
    she recorded eight podium finishes out of 12 contest entries, with five of those as TTR Titles
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    is an American snowboarder who won halfpipe gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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    Kelly Clark (born July 26, 1983) is an American snowboarder who won halfpipe gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
  • Competed In: 2002 Winter Olympics, Lead, Olympics 2002
    Kelly Clark (born July 26, 1983) is an American snowboarder who won halfpipe gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
  • Competed In: 2006 Winter Olympics, Biography, Olympics 2006
    She won a gold medal for women's halfpipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics and competed in the halfpipe event again in the 2006 Winter Olympics.
  • Competed In: 2010 Winter Olympics, Biography, Olympics 2010
    In the 2010 Vancouver Olympics Kelly won a bronze medal in the halfpipe after placing third behind American silver medalist Teter and Australian Torah Bright.
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