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Elena Hight

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Elena Hight
Elena Hight in June 2009
Personal information
Born (1989-08-17) August 17, 1989 (age 35)
Kauai, Hawaii, U.S.
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) (2010)[1]
Weight52.0 kg (114.6 lb) (2010)[1]
Websiteelenahight.com
Sport
Country United States
Sportsnowboarding
Eventhalfpipe
Turned pro2002
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2006 Winter Olympics 6th ladies' halfpipe
2010 Winter Olympics 10th ladies' halfpipe
Medal record
Women's Snowboarding
Representing the  United States
Winter Dew Tour
Bronze medal – third place 2008–2009 Dew Cup SuperPipe
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Mt. Snow SuperPipe
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Breckenridge SuperPipe
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Aspen SuperPipe
Silver medal – second place 2012 Aspen SuperPipe
Silver medal – second place 2013 Aspen SuperPipe
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Aspen SuperPipe
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Aspen SuperPipe

Elena Hight (born August 17, 1989, in Kauai)[2] is an American Olympic snowboarder.

In May 2012, while training with the U.S. snowboard team in Mammoth, California, Hight became the first snowboarder to land a double backside alley-oop rodeo in halfpipe competition.[3][4]

On January 26, 2013, at Winter X Games XVII, Hight became the first snowboarder to land a double backside alley-oop rodeo during a halfpipe competition.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics - results & video highlights". January 31, 2017. Archived from the original on February 19, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Snowboarder Hight ready to hit her heights". February 15, 2010. Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "ESPN: Serving sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere". Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  4. ^ "Elena Hight's double backside alley-oop rodeo - ESPN Video". August 23, 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "Elena Hight lands first double backside alley-oop rodeo". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
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