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Nicknamed 'Little Miss Sunshine', 'Stickey' and 'Freggle',<ref name=nbcbio>http://i.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=13344/bio/index.html</ref> Hickey was born on 3 July 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria.<ref name=dateofbirth>http://i.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=13344/index.html</ref> |
Nicknamed 'Little Miss Sunshine', 'Stickey' and 'Freggle',<ref name=nbcbio>http://i.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=13344/bio/index.html</ref> Hickey was born on 3 July 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria.<ref name=dateofbirth>http://i.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=13344/index.html</ref> She is from Mt Buller area,<ref name=24yaars/> and lived in [[Brighton, Victoria]] and Prahran, Victoria in 2010.<ref name=dateofbirth/><ref name=anotherlocation>http://www.vis.org.au/item/stephanie-hickey.html</ref> At {{convert|1.65|m}} tall and weighing {{convert|60|kg}},<ref name=dateofbirth/><ref name=ehight>http://asia.eurosport.com/snowboard/stephanie-hickey_prs46078/person.shtml</ref> she only speaks English.<ref name=nbcbio/> |
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She only speaks English.<ref name=nbcbio/> |
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She attended [[Victoria College of the Arts]], where she studied theater arts.<ref name=nbcbio/> |
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She is from Mt Buller area,<ref name=24yaars/> and lived in [[Brighton, Victoria]] and Prahran, Victoria in 2010.<ref name=dateofbirth/><ref name=anotherlocation>http://www.vis.org.au/item/stephanie-hickey.html</ref> |
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She is {{convert|1.65|m}} and weighs {{convert|60|kg}}.<ref name=dateofbirth/><ref name=ehight>http://asia.eurosport.com/snowboard/stephanie-hickey_prs46078/person.shtml</ref> |
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She started working as a MC for east coast for the Billabong Girls Get Out There surf events in 2007.<ref name=tops1ixten/> |
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⚫ | Hickey attended [[Victoria College of the Arts]], where she studied theater arts.<ref name=nbcbio/> She worked for the [[Seven Network]] as a Victorian snow reporter in 2006 and 2007.<ref name=tops1ixten/> In 2007, she served as a live presenter for ''Going Ballistyx''.<ref name=tops1ixten/> She started working as a MC for east coast for the'' Billabong Girls Get Out There'' surf events in 2007.<ref name=tops1ixten/> |
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==Snowboarding== |
==Snowboarding== |
Revision as of 03:01, 4 November 2012
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Australia |
Born | Melbourne, Victoria | 3 July 1985
Height | 165 cm (65 in) (2010) |
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) (2010) |
Sport | |
Country | Australia |
Sport | Skiing |
Club | Mount Buller[1] |
Coached by | Lukas Prem |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 2010 Winter Olympics |
Stephanie Hickey (born 3 July 1985)
Personal
Nicknamed 'Little Miss Sunshine', 'Stickey' and 'Freggle',[1] Hickey was born on 3 July 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria.[2] She is from Mt Buller area,[3] and lived in Brighton, Victoria and Prahran, Victoria in 2010.[2][4] At 1.65 metres (5 ft 5 in) tall and weighing 60 kilograms (130 lb),[2][5] she only speaks English.[1]
Hickey attended Victoria College of the Arts, where she studied theater arts.[1] She worked for the Seven Network as a Victorian snow reporter in 2006 and 2007.[6] In 2007, she served as a live presenter for Going Ballistyx.[6] She started working as a MC for east coast for the Billabong Girls Get Out There surf events in 2007.[6]
Snowboarding
Hickey is a snowboard slalom and snowboard cross competition,[6] who has been affiliated with the Victorian Institute of Sport[7] and coached by Lukas Prem.[1] While snowboarding, she has injured herself several times, including September 2008 crash that dislocated five ribs, January 2009 tear of her medial collateral ligament while competing in Austria, and a 2010 concussion and memory loss following a crash.[1]
Hickey began competitive snowboarding when she was sixteen years old in the snowboard slalom, where she competed in Australia's domestic season.[6] She competed at the New Zealand Open, where she made the semi-finals.[1] She competed at the 2003 World Snowboard Championships in the snowboard slalom and snowboard cross events. This competition was her first international one.[6] In 2005, she competed at the USASA Junior Nationals, and participated in a training camp at Copper Mountain in the lead up to the event.[8] She competed at the 2006 and 2008 Australian National Championship in snowboard cross,[4] and at an event in September 2008 in Argentina.[1] Competing at the Chapelco, Argentina hosted Snowboarding World Cup in the 2008/09 skiing season, she finished fourteenth. That was her best ever World Cup event finish as of February 2010.[6] She competed at an event in Bad Gasten, Austria in January 2009.[1] During the 2009 World Cup season, as qualified as a top 16 competitor.[4] That year, she also competed at the Australian and New Zealand Championship.[4] Competing at the Chapelco, Argentina hosted Snowboarding World Cup in 2009, she finished fifteenth.[6] She competed in three other World Cup events in the 2009/10 skiing season. A top thirty finish qualified her for the 2010 Winter Olympics.[6]
Hickey was 24 years old at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[3] Her place the Olympics was confirmed in late January 2010.[9] In her first snowboard cross race, she had a time of 1min 35.26sec. She did not qualify for the finals after she fell during her second race and finished in 18th position overall in the qualifying round.[3][10] Only the top 16 snowboarders advanced to the finals.[6][11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i http://i.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=13344/bio/index.html
- ^ a b c http://i.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=13344/index.html
- ^ a b c "Stephanie Hickey fails to qualify in women's snowboard cross". Herald Sun. Melbourne, Victoria. 17 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d http://www.vis.org.au/item/stephanie-hickey.html
- ^ http://asia.eurosport.com/snowboard/stephanie-hickey_prs46078/person.shtml
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j http://www.foxsports.com.au/other-sports/aussie-luger-campbell-pegg-finishes-23rd-calls-for-luge-changes/story-e6frf61c-1225918253988
- ^ http://www.vis.org.au/item/stephanie-hickey.html
- ^ http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20050331/SPORTS/103310052
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-01-27/aussie-team-for-vancouver-gets-younger/311176
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-02-17/aussie-snowboarder-misses-final/334056
- ^ http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1013305