// Workers AI · dad joke modeDid Sarah Höfflin's ski career go downhill?
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| Born | 8 January 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events | Slopestyle, Big air | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sarah Höfflin (born 8 January 1991) is an Olympic Swiss freestyle skier. She won a gold medal in big air at Winter X Games XXII,[1] and won gold in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Early life and education
[edit]Höfflin lived in the UK between the ages of 12 and 22, living in Tewkesbury, where she attended Tewkesbury School, before attending Cardiff University, where she graduated with a degree in neuroscience. She was a late starter as a freestyle skier, only taking up the sport in her early 20s when competing at British Universities' Snowsports Council competitions after leaving university and returning to Switzerland.[2][3][4]
Results
[edit]Olympic Winter Games
[edit]| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Big Air |
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 2018 Pyeongchang |
27 | 1 | N/a |
 2022 Beijing |
31 | 20 | 6 |
 2026 Milano Cortina |
35 | 13 | 27 |
World Championships
[edit]| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Big Air |
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 2017 Sierra Nevada |
26 | 4 | N/a |
 2019 Deer Valley |
28 | N/a | 4 |
| 2021 Aspen |
30 | DNS | 8 |
 2023 Bakuriani |
32 | 4 | 15 |
| 2025 Engadin |
34 | 16 | 2 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Aspen 2018 Women's Ski Big Air". xgames.espn.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ↑ "Atkin bags slopestyle bronze for Britain's first Winter Olympics medal on skis". Peeblesshire News. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ↑ Ransom, Ian (17 February 2018). Ganguly, Sudipto (ed.). "Sorry, I'm not British, says Swiss winner Hoefflin". reuters.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ↑ Ingle, Sean (17 February 2018). "'Stoked' Izzy Atkin becomes Britain's first Olympic medal-winning skier". theguardian.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- Sarah Hoefflin at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Sarah Hoefflin at the X Games (archived former page)
- Sarah Hoefflin at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
- Sarah Hoefflin at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)
- Sarah Hoefflin at Olympics.com
- Sarah Höfflin at Swiss Ski (in German)
- Sarah Höfflin at Olympedia
- Sarah Höfflin at InterSportStats
- Sarah Höfflin on Instagram
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