Christy Prior

{{short description|New Zealand snowboarder}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|11|28|df=y}}{{cite web|title=Christy Prior|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/snowboard/freestyle-snowboard/athletes/athlete=prior-christy-174552/|work=fis-ski.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Ski|accessdate=7 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206131525/http://www.fis-ski.com/snowboard/freestyle-snowboard/athletes/athlete=prior-christy-174552/|archive-date=6 February 2014|url-status=dead}}

| birth_place = Okehampton, England

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| height = 161 cm{{cite web|title=Christy Prior|url=http://www.worldsnowboardtour.com/riders/christy-prior/|work=worldsnowboardtour.com|publisher=TTR Pro Snowboarding|accessdate=7 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206201243/http://www.worldsnowboardtour.com/riders/christy-prior/#|archive-date=2014-02-06|url-status=dead}}

| weight = 62 kg{{cite web|title=Christy Prior|url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-christy-prior|website=Sochi2014.com|publisher=Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi|accessdate=7 February 2014|archive-date=7 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207201736/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-christy-prior|url-status=dead}}

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| event = Women's slopestyle

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{{MedalCompetition|Winter X Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Aspen |Slopestyle}}

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Christy Prior (born 28 November 1988) is a snowboarder from New Zealand. Born in Okehampton, Devon, UK, she competed for New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

After qualifying for the semifinals of the snowboard slopestyle, she withdrew from the event following a crash in practice.[http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/winter-olympics/9702323/Prior-withdraws-from-Snowboarding-semi-final Prior withdraws from Snowboarding semi-final]

In January 2015 she won the bronze medal at the Winter X Games XIX in Aspen, and the gold medal in slopestyle at the Burton European Open in Laxx.