Janna Meyen-Weatherby (born 1977 or 1978) is a retired American slopestyle snowboarder. Meyen won gold at the Winter X Games from 2003 to 2006 and became the first athlete to win gold four times in a row at Winter X. She was nominated for the Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award in 2005 and 2006 and retired from competition in 2012.
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| Full name | Janna Meyen-Weatherby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) Big Bear Lake, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and education
editMeyen spent her childhood in Big Bear Lake, California and began to snowboard as a teenager.[1]
Career
editMeyen began her X Games career as a boardercross snowboarder in 1997 before moving to slopestyle in 2000.[2] Her first medal at the Winter X Games was a silver medal in 2002 in slopestyle.[3] The next year, she won a gold in 2003 with additional gold medals each year until 2006. As a four-time gold medalist, Meyen became the first athlete of the Winter X Games to come in first four years in a row.[1]
In 2010, Meyen declared that she was going to retire from snowboarding in 2012.[4] During her final years of competition, Meyen won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter X Games and did not medal at the 2011 Winter X Games.[5]
Outside of the X Games, Meyen won the 1991 USASA Snowboarding National Championships as an amateur snowboarder.[6] Other first places for Meyen include the 1991 Burton U.S. Open in halfpipe and the 2005 Burton U.S. Open in slopestyle.[7] Alternatively, Meyen won silver at the 2002 World Snowboarding Championship.[3]
Awards and honors
editIn 2005, she was nominated for the Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award.[8] Meyen was nominated for the same award in 2006.[9]
Personal life
editMeyen is married and has two children.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "Bend boarder ready for X Games". The Bulletin (Bend). 28 January 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Buckheit, Mary (5 March 2008). "Rippingest. Chick. Ever". X Games. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Janna Meyen". EXPN. Archived from the original on 15 June 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ Vicens, AJ (23 December 2010). "Meyen-Weatherby retirement pending". ESPN. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Snowboarder from Bend places eighth". The Bulletin (Bend). 31 January 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Blehm, Eric (January 1995). "After five years of quiet dominance, Janna Meyen finally steps up to the mic". Transworld Snowboarding. Vol. 8, no. 4. p. 82. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "History". Burton. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Cast your ESPY vote: Best Female Action Sports Athlete". ESPY. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "NOMINEES ANNOUNCED". ESPN. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Floros, Susie (26 January 2015). "Open your eyes X Games: A story of the 900 in Women's Slopestyle". Snowboard Magazine. Retrieved 8 May 2018.