Max Moffatt
{{Short description|Canadian freestyle skier}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|06|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Caledon, Ontario, Canada
| hometown = Calgary, Alberta
| country = {{CAN}}
| sport = Freestyle skiing
| event = Slopestyle, Big air
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| height = {{convert|183|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = 77Kg (170lbs)
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{{Medal|Competition|Winter X Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2022 Aspen|Slopestyle}}
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Max Moffatt (born 27 June 1998) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the big air and slopestyle disciplines.{{cite web |url=https://freestylecanada.ski/team/max-moffatt/ |title=Max Moffatt |website=www.freestylecanada.ski/ |publisher=Freestyle Canada |access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/max-moffatt/ |title=Max Moffatt |website=www.olympic.ca/ |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |access-date=29 January 2022}}{{cbignore}}
Career
Moffatt joined the national team in 2014. In January 2019, Moffatt won his first World Cup medal, a gold, in the slopestyle event.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/2019/01/27/max-moffatt-claims-first-world-cup-victory-in-italy/ |title=Max Moffatt And Megan Oldham reach World Cup podium for the first time in Italy |last=Awad |first=Brandi |date=27 January 2019 |website=www.olympic.ca/ |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |access-date=31 January 2022}}{{cbignore}} In January 2022, Moffatt won the silver medal in the slopestyle at the 2022 Winter X Games.{{cite news |date=23 January 2022 |title=Canada's Max Moffatt claims X Games silver medal in ski slopestyle event |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/freestyle-skiing/moffatt-wins-silver-x-games-ski-slopestyle-1.6325000 |work=Canadian Press |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |access-date=31 January 2022}}
On January 24, 2022, Moffatt was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the big air and slopestyle events.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/2022/01/24/team-canada-adds-24-freestyle-skiers-to-the-roster-for-beijing-2022/ |title=Team Canada adds 24 freestyle skiers to the roster for Beijing 2022 |last=Nichols |first=Paula |date=24 January 2022 |website=www.olympic.ca/ |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |access-date=24 January 2022}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |last=Ewing |first=Lori |date=24 January 2022 |title=Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/freestyle-skiing/mikael-kingsbury-canadian-olympic-freestyle-team-beijing-1.6325326 |work=Canadian Press |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |access-date=24 January 2022}}
In 2024, Moffatt participated in Red Bull Unrailistic at Åre, Sweden.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-29 |title=Red Bull Unrailistic 2024 pushes freeski progression thanks to huge tricks |url=https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/red-bull-unrailistic-event-recap-2024 |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Red Bull |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{FIS freestyle skier}}
- {{Team Canada|max-moffatt}}
- {{X Games profile|new_id=max-moffatt}}
- {{Olympics.com|max-moffatt}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- [https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/red-bull-unrailistic-event-recap-2024 Athlete profile of Max Moffatt] on Redbull.com
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Category:Canadian male freestyle skiers
Category:Sportspeople from Guelph
Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic freestyle skiers for Canada
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
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