Devin Marie Logan (born February 17, 1993, in Oceanside, New York)[1] is an American freeskier from West Dover, Vermont. She won silver in women's slopestyle event at the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi.
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| Birth name | Devin Marie Logan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 17, 1993 (age 31) Oceanside, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editLogan grew up in Baldwin and Oceanside, New York.[2] Logan was the youngest of five children in an athletic family.[3] At a young age, Logan wanted to ski like her older brothers, two of whom became professional skiers.[3] where she played youth football for the Baldwin Bombers from ages 8 to 10.[2] Before starting high school, Logan moved to Vermont with her mother and siblings to train at the Mount Snow Academy.[2][3] As of 2014 she was taking classes at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2]
Competitive skier
editLogan began her competitive skiing career as a junior in 2010.[4] She was the winner of a silver medal at the 2012 Winter X Games in the slopestyle contest.[5] In late 2012, Logan suffered a severe knee injury, with a torn ACL and MCL and two microfractures, requiring surgery.[6] Logan recovered from the injury, taking home a silver medal in the first ever Olympic slopestyle competition held in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[7] Logan scored 85.40 in the event.[2]
During the 2015 season, Logan had two podium finishes in Grand Prix events and won the halfpipe at the Canadian Open Championship.[4] During the 2016 season, she dislocated her shoulder.[4]
Logan was awarded the overall crystal globe for the most consistent skier over International Ski Federation (FIS) freestyle events. Logan was the first freeskier to win the award. At the time of the award, Logan was also the only woman to have competed in both slopestyle and halfpipe.[8]
During the summer, Logan can be found at Mt. Hood, Oregon, where she hosts a Takeover Session at Windells Camp.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Logan's page at Armada Skis". armadaskis.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e O'Connell, John (February 11, 2014). "Ex-Long Islander earns silver in Sochi". Herald Community Newspapers. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ a b c Sanders, Sam (February 10, 2014). "Slopestyle Skier Devin Logan Keeps It Cool, But She's 'All In'". NPR.org. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Devin Logan | U.S. Freeskiing". usfreeskiing.com. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "ESPN Winter X Games 16: Ski SlopeStyle Results". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
- ^ Springer, Shira (February 11, 2014). "Winter Olympics 2014: American Devin Logan captures silver in women's slopestyle skiing - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Freestyle Skiing". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ^ Menzel, Clare (March 11, 2016). "Devin Logan Wins FIS Freestyle Overall Crystal Globe | POWDER Magazine". POWDER Magazine. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "Ski Takeover Sessions - Windells Camp". Windells. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
External links
edit- Devin Logan at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Devin Logan at the X Games (archived)
- Devin Logan at Olympedia
- Devin Logan at Olympics.com
- Devin Logan at Team USA (archived)
