Kelly Clark


Kelly Clark (born July 26, 1983) is an American snowboarder who won halfpipe gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Clark was born in Newport, Rhode Island. She started snowboarding when she was 7 years old, began competing in 1999, and became a member of the US Snowboard team in 2000. On January 25, 2019 at the Winter X Games in Aspen, she announced her retirement from the sport. [1]

Not to be confused with Kelly Clarkson.
For the lawyer, see Kelly Clark (lawyer).

Kelly Clark
Clark in 2014
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1983-07-26) July 26, 1983
Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
OccupationProfessional snowboarder
Medal record
Women's Snowboarding
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City Halfpipe
2010 Vancouver Halfpipe
2014 Sochi Halfpipe
Winter Dew Tour
2008-2009 Winter Dew TourSuperpipe
2008 BreckenridgeSuperpipe
2008-2009 Winter Dew Tour#Stop 2: Mount Snow Resort2009 Mt. Snow
2009 Northstar-at-TahoeSuperpipe
Winter X Games
2002 Aspen Superpipe
2006 Aspen Superpipe
2011 Aspen Superpipe
2012 Aspen Superpipe
2013 Aspen Superpipe
2013 Tignes Superpipe
2014 Aspen Superpipe
2003 Aspen Superpipe
2004 Aspen Superpipe
2009 Aspen Superpipe
2010 Aspen Superpipe
2015 Aspen Superpipe
2016 Oslo Superpipe
2008 Aspen Superpipe
New Zealand Winter Games
2013 CardronaHalfpipe

Biography

Kelly Clark trained for competitive snowboarding at Mount Snow Academy in Vermont and graduated in spring 2001. She won a gold medal for women's halfpipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics[2] and competed in the halfpipe event again in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She ended up placing fourth behind fellow Americans Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler, as well as Norwegian Kjersti Buaas. 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.

In the TTR World Tour 2007/2008 season, she recorded eight podium finishes out of 12 contest entries, with five of those as TTR Titles including the 6Star Burton European Open, the 5Star Chevrolet Grand Prix and the 6Star season-ending Roxy Chicken Jam US. In the 2008/2009 World Tour she finished the season as Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion.

Clark is based in Mammoth Lakes, California.[3]

Clark is a Christian. She now rides with a sticker on her snowboard proclaiming, "Jesus, I cannot hide my love."[4]

Awards and Honors

In 2015 Clark received the Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award.[5]

Competition history

Highlights of Swatch TTR 2009/2010 Season

  • 1st – Halfpipe – 5Star Burton New Zealand Open (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
  • 1st – Halfpipe – 6Star Burton US Open (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
  • 1st – Halfpipe – 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam US (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))

Highlights of Swatch TTR 2008/2009 Season Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion 2008/09

  • 3rd – Halfpipe – 5Star Burton New Zealand Open (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
  • 1st – Halfpipe – 6Star Burton European Open (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
  • 1st – Halfpipe – 5Star Nissan X-Trail Asian Open (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
  • 2nd – Halfpipe – 6Star Burton US Open (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
  • 1st – Halfpipe – 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))

Victories on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour (status: July 2010)

TTR Star LevelNumber of victories
6Star Event7 victories
5Star Event4 victories
4Star Event2 victories

Career Highlights

  • 2010 Winter X Games – Superpipe – 1st Place
  • 2009 Winter Dew Tour – Dew Cup – 1st Place
  • 2008 Chevy Grand Prix – Tamarack – Halfpipe – 1st Place
  • 2008 Winter X Games – Halfpipe – 2nd Place
  • 2007 New Zealand Open – Quarterpipe – 1st Place
  • 2007 New Zealand Open – Halfpipe – 2nd Place
  • 2007 Burton Abominable Snow Jam – Overall – 2nd Place
  • 2007 Burton Abominable Snow Jam – Halfpipe – 2nd Place
  • 2006 US Grand Prix – Halfpipe – 1st Place
  • 2006 Burton New Zealand Open – Quarterpipe – 1st Place
  • 2006 Burton New Zealand Open – Superpipe – 1st Place
  • 2006 Chevrolet Grand Prix – Halfpipe – 2nd Place
  • 2005 FIS World Cup – Halfpipe – 1st Place
  • 2005 Grand Prix #3- Halfpipe – 2nd Place
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See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Editors. "Kelley Clark". Snowboarding Programs. US Snowboarding. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. Archived January 20, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  4. Kelly Clark. YouTube (2010-01-06). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
  5. "2015 ESPY Awards Nominees and Winners". 6abc.com. July 23, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  • McGlinchey, Thomas D. "Olympic journeys". WORLD magazine. February 13, 2010. p. 57.

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