Kelly Clark
Snowboarding - Halfpipe and Superpipe
2002 Olympic gold medalist
2006 Olympian
2010 Olympic hopeful
Personal Specs
Height: 5'4"
Short List Performance
- 2002 Olympic Winter Games - gold
- 2006 Olympic Games - fourth
- In 2007, won the Grand Prix title, U.S. Open and Australian Open
- 2009 Winter X Games - silver
- 2008 Winter X Games - silver
Vancouver Watch
Clark first dominated the sport in 2001-2002 at the age of 18 when she won two Grand Prix events, the Winter X Games, the U.S. Open and the Olympic Winter Games in the sport's Olympic debut. She continues to be a force in the pipe. In the 2008-2009 season she finished number one in the world on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour and earned the Snowboard Tour Champion Title in a course that consisted of a hip jump to start things off, a double jib option, into a three hit kicker line and ended with a wallride or box option.
Personal
Clark graduated from the Mount Snow Academy in 2001 and has been training with the U.S. Snowboard Team off and on since 2000. A ski racer until the third grade, she made the switch to snowboarding and began competing in contests at age 13.
Did You Know...?
- Packed seven tricks, including a McTwist with an indy grab and a front side 720, into her two minute final 2002 Olympic halfpipe competition
- Gave up snowboard cross to focus on halfpipe to avoid injuries
- Competes wearing her iPod headphones and listening to music to drown out distraction