Lindsey Jacobellis Biography – Lindsey Jacobellis Wiki
Lindsey Jacobellis is an American snowboarder from Roxbury, Connecticut. She dominated the snowboard cross for almost two decades, winning X Games, 10 times, and the world championship 6 times, but she had less success at the Olympics. In her Olympic debut at the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won the silver medal in women’s snowboard cross but finished outside the medals in the next three Olympics until, finally, she won the gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics snowboard cross. Jacobellis won gold in the Snowboard cross at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, which was the first gold medal for the US in those Olympics. Her story of sporting redemption was regarded as one of the highlights of those games. The snowboarder has snowboarded competitively in Snowboardcross, Snowboard Slopestyle, and Snowboard Halfpipe competitions.
At the 2003 Winter X Games, Jacobellis won bronze in slopestyle. During the gold medal final of the Snowboard Cross at the 2006 Winter Olympics on February 17, 2006, she was approaching the end of the course with a 43-meter (140 ft), three-second lead over Tanja Frieden of Switzerland. On the second-to-last jump, Jacobellis attempted a celebratory method grab, landed on the edge of her snowboard, and fell. Frieden passed her to win the gold; she recovered and settled for silver. In televised interviews, Jacobellis at first said the grab was meant to maintain stability but later said that “I was having fun. Snowboarding is fun, and I wanted to share my enthusiasm with the crowd”. At the 2007 Winter X Games, Jacobellis lost the lead in a fall near the finish line in the Snowboard cross. She dropped halfpipe from her competition schedule in 2008, due to increasing injuries. She regained the gold medal in Snowboard cross at Winter X Games XII in 2008.
Jacobellis failed to progress to the medal round of Snowboard Cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, as, early in her semi-final race, she landed badly during a jump, and to avoid a collision with another rider went through a gate, resulting in an automatic disqualification. She then slid off the course. She ended up 5th in the standings. In 2011, she won her fourth straight gold in Snowboard cross at the Winter X Games, adding to her gold medals in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
In another attempt at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Jacobellis failed to progress to the medal round of Snowboard Cross. She was leading the semi-final race when she crashed. She finished in 7th place in the overall standings. At the 2015 World Championship, she won gold in the Snowboard Cross. She also won the 2017 World Championship and finished with a silver and two golds in the first World Cup races of the 2017–2018 season. The New York Times reported that in the period between the 2014 and 2018 Olympics, in addition to her training, surfing, and other competition strategies, she also started working with the mental skills coach Denise Shull.
Jacobellis made it to the final of the Snowboard cross at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, and was leading most of the way, but ended up in 4th place by just .003 seconds and off the podium yet again. She finally won gold in the Snowboard cross at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, which was the first gold medal for the US in those Olympics. Her story of sporting redemption was regarded as one of the highlights of those games.
Jacobellis appeared on a charity edition of MTV’s The Challenge, titled The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros. She competed to raise money for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. She finished as the runner-up with her teammate in the final challenge, Kamerion Wimbley. In addition to her athletic skill, she is known for her naturally curly hair and is sponsored by Paul Mitchell.
Lindsey Jacobellis Age
She was born on August 19, 1985, in Danbury, Connecticut, United States.
Lindsey Jacobellis Family
She was born in the United States. She is of American nationality. She has a sibling, a brother, Ben Jacobellis.
Lindsey Jacobellis Height
She stands at a listed height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 meters) tall.
Lindsey Jacobellis Instagram
Her Instagram handle is @lindseyjacobellis.
