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[[Snowboarding]] is an [[Olympic sports|Olympic sport]] that has been contested at the [[Winter Olympic Games]] since the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] in [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]], [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=SB |title=Snowboarding |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=2009-06-21}}</ref> Snowboarding was one of five new sports or disciplines added to the Winter Olympic programme between 1990 and 2002, and was the only one not to have been a previous medal or demonstration event.<ref name=SBHist /> In 1998, four events, two for men and two for women, were held in two specialities: the giant slalom, a downhill event similar to [[giant slalom skiing]]; and the [[half-pipe]], in which competitors perform tricks while going from one side of a semi-circular ditch to the other.<ref name=SBHist>{{Cite web |title=Snowboarding History |url=http://www.fieldday.com/cbc/olympics/sports/snowboarding/history/index.html |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC Sports]] |access-date=21 June 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711001209/http://www.fieldday.com/cbc/olympics/sports/snowboarding/history/index.html |archive-date=2011-07-11 }}</ref> [[Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Canadian]] [[Ross Rebagliati]] won the men's giant slalom and became the first athlete to win a gold medal in snowboarding.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/09/sports/xviii-winter-games-snowboarding-young-hip-sport-zigzags-into-olympic-mainstream.html |title=Young, Hip Sport Zigzags Into the Olympic Mainstream |author=Berkow, Ira |date=1998-02-09 |access-date=2009-06-21 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Rebagliati was briefly stripped of his medal by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) after testing positive for [[marijuana]]. However, the IOC's decision was reverted following an appeal from the Canadian Olympic Association.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gross |first=George |author-link=George Gross (journalist) |title= Kevin Munson : 1998 – Nagano, Japan |work=[[Sun Media Corporation]] |publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]] |date=2006-02-21 |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/MomentsOfGlory/2006/02/14/pf-1442844.html |access-date=2009-06-21 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716141020/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/MomentsOfGlory/2006/02/14/pf-1442844.html |archive-date=2012-07-16 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the [[2002 Winter Olympics]], the giant slalom was dropped in favour of the parallel giant slalom, an event that involves head-to-head racing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salt Lake City 2002: The 19th Olympic Winter Games; Snowboarding |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/05/sports/salt-lake-city-2002-the-19th-olympic-winter-games-snowboarding.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=2009-06-21 |last=Wong |first=Edward |date=2002-02-05}}</ref> In [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006]], a third event, the snowboard cross, was held for the first time. In this event, competitors race against each other down a course with jumps, beams and other obstacles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4723018.stm |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=2009-06-21 |author=Thompson, Anna |date=2006-02-17 |title=Snowboard cross 'here to stay'}}</ref> |
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[[Snowboarding]] is an [[Olympic sports|Olympic sport]] that has been contested at the [[Winter Olympic Games]] since the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] in [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]], [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=SB |title=Snowboarding |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=2009-06-21}}</ref> Snowboarding was one of five new sports or disciplines added to the Winter Olympic programme between 1990 and 2002, and was the only one not to have been a previous medal or demonstration event.<ref name=SBHist /> In 1998, four events, two for men and two for women, were held in two specialities: the giant slalom, a downhill event similar to [[giant slalom skiing]]; and the [[half-pipe]], in which competitors perform tricks while going from one side of a semi-circular ditch to the other.<ref name=SBHist>{{Cite web |title=Snowboarding History |url=http://www.fieldday.com/cbc/olympics/sports/snowboarding/history/index.html |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC Sports]] |access-date=21 June 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711001209/http://www.fieldday.com/cbc/olympics/sports/snowboarding/history/index.html |archive-date=2011-07-11 }}</ref> [[Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Canadian]] [[Ross Rebagliati]] won the men's giant slalom and became the first athlete to win a gold medal in snowboarding.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/09/sports/xviii-winter-games-snowboarding-young-hip-sport-zigzags-into-olympic-mainstream.html |title=Young, Hip Sport Zigzags Into the Olympic Mainstream |author=Berkow, Ira |date=1998-02-09 |access-date=2009-06-21 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Rebagliati was briefly stripped of his medal by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) after testing positive for [[marijuana]]. However, the IOC's decision was reverted following an appeal from the Canadian Olympic Association.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gross |first=George |author-link=George Gross (journalist) |title= Kevin Munson : 1998 – Nagano, Japan |work=[[Sun Media Corporation]] |publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]] |date=2006-02-21 |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/MomentsOfGlory/2006/02/14/pf-1442844.html |access-date=2009-06-21 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716141020/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/MomentsOfGlory/2006/02/14/pf-1442844.html |archive-date=2012-07-16 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the [[2002 Winter Olympics]], the giant slalom was dropped in favour of the parallel giant slalom, an event that involves head-to-head racing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salt Lake City 2002: The 19th Olympic Winter Games; Snowboarding |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/05/sports/salt-lake-city-2002-the-19th-olympic-winter-games-snowboarding.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=2009-06-21 |last=Wong |first=Edward |date=2002-02-05}}</ref> In [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006]], a third event, the snowboard cross, was held for the first time. In this event, competitors race against each other down a course with jumps, beams and other obstacles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4723018.stm |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=2009-06-21 |author=Thompson, Anna |date=2006-02-17 |title=Snowboard cross 'here to stay'}}</ref> |
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Eight athletes have won three medals: Americans [[Shaun White]], [[Jamie Anderson (snowboarder)|Jamie Anderson]], and [[Kelly Clark]], as well as Japanese [[Ayumu Hirano]], Russian [[Vic Wild]], Austrian [[Benjamin Karl]], Slovenian [[Žan Košir]], and Canadian [[Mark McMorris]]. Out of these athletes, only White has won three gold medals.
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Eleven athletes have won three medals: Americans [[Shaun White]], [[Jamie Anderson (snowboarder)|Jamie Anderson]], [[Lindsey Jacobellis]] and [[Kelly Clark]], as well as and Canadians [[Max Parrot]] and [[Mark McMorris]], Japanese [[Ayumu Hirano]], Austrian [[Benjamin Karl]], Slovenian [[Žan Košir]], New Zealander [[Zoi_Sadowski-Synnott]] and Russian [[Vic Wild]]. Out of these athletes, only White has won three gold medals. |