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Kaylie Buck

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Kaylie Buck
Personal information
Born (2000-02-20) 20 February 2000 (age 24)
Oakville, Ontario Canada
Sport
Country Canada
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Parallel giant slalom, Parallel slalom
Medal record
FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Lachtal Parallel Giant Slalom

Kaylie Buck (born 20 February 2000) is a Canadian snowboarder who competes internationally in the alpine snowboard discipline.[1][2]

Career

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At the 2020 FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships, Buck won bronze in the parallel giant slalom event, becoming the first Canadian woman to win an alpine medal at the event.[3]

Buck has competed at two Senior World Championships in 2019 and 2021.[2]

In January 2022, Buck was initially not named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[4][5][6] However, after an appeal process, Buck along with three other snowboarders were added to the team in the parallel giant slalom event.[7][8]

Buck finished 21st at the 2022 Olympic Games.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Kaylie Buck". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Kaylie Buck". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Kaylie Buck Earns the First Ever Women's Alpine Medal for Canada at a World Junior Championships and Kaylie Buck Bring's Home Bronze in PGS in Lachtal, Austria". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  4. ^ Nichols, Paula (19 January 2022). "19 snowboarders nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ^ Dichter, Myles (19 January 2022). "'Strongest team in all of snowboarding': Canadian squad named for Beijing Olympics". www.cbc.ca. CBC Sports. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Toutant, McMorris, Parrot, Blouin return as Canada's Olympic snowboard team announced". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Four Athletes Added to the Beijing 2022 Canadian Olympic Snowboard Team". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Quatre athlètes de surf des neiges s'ajoutent à Équipe Canada" [Four snowboard athletes join Team Canada]. ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). Radio Canada. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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