Megan Nick
{{Short description|American freestyle skier}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Megan Nick
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| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|7|9|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Shelburne, Vermont, U.S.
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| country = United States
| sport = Freestyle skiing
| event = Aerials
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| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalSport|Women's freestyle skiing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Beijing|Aerials}}
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Megan Nick (born July 9, 1996) is an American freestyle skier specializing in aerials. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where she won the bronze medal in aerials.{{cite news |last1=Nee |first1=Liam |date=February 14, 2022 |title=USA's Megan Nick lands surprise aerials bronze, Xu wins gold |url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/usas-megan-nick-lands-surprise-aerials-bronze-xu-wins-gold |work=NBC Olympics}}{{Cite web |date=February 14, 2022 |title=Olympics Live: Austria takes gold in ski jumping team event |url=https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-live-updates-a87681cdf01c1d8e2375a6fb68a3989a |access-date=February 14, 2022 |website=AP NEWS}}{{Cite web |title=Skier Xu of China wins gold in women's aerials |url=https://www.espn.com.au/olympics/story/_/id/33287828/freestyle-skier-xu-mengtao-china-wins-gold-women-aerials-american-megan-nick-takes-bronze |website=ESPN.com |date=February 14, 2022 |access-date=February 14, 2022}}
Nick went through the qualification, and in Final 1, where only six athletes qualify for Final 2, she was fifth. In Final 2, her routine was easier than that of the other athletes; in particular, she was the only athlete who did not perform a triple backflip, but she did not make mistakes, whereas many of her competitors did with their landing. NBC sports called her a "surprising medalist".
Personal life
Nick attended high school at Champlain Valley Union High School.{{cite web |last=Abrami |first=Alex |date=February 14, 2022 |title=Vermont's Megan Nick surges to stunning bronze medal in aerials at Beijing Olympic Games |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/sports/2022/02/14/beijing-olympics-vermont-megan-nick-wins-surprise-bronze-medal-women-aerials/6781655001/ |website=The Burlington Free Press |access-date=February 15, 2022}} She grew up competing in gymnastics before transitioning into aerials after attending the U.S. team’s aerial skiing Talent ID camp in Lake Placid during her final year of high school.{{cite news |last1=Kilgore |first1=Adam |last2=Hill |first2=Glynn |last3=Boren |first3=Cindy |date=February 14, 2022 |title=Highlights from Day 10 at the Beijing Winter Olympics |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2022/02/13/winter-olympics-results-day-10/ |website=washingtonpost.com |access-date=February 15, 2022}}{{cite web |title=Megan NICK |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/freestyle-skiing/athlete-profile-n1044770-megan-nick.html |work=Beijing 2022 Olympics |access-date=February 15, 2022 |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215142808/https://olympics.com/courtesy/error/404.html |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{FIS freestyle skier|189203}}
- [https://www.stage.usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/megan-nick Megan Nick] at U.S. Ski & Snowboard
- {{Team USA|new_id=megan-nick-800538|old_id=Megan-Nick|sport=us-ski-and-snowboard|archive=20230608220911}}
- {{Olympics.com|megan-nick}}
- {{Olympedia}}
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Category:People from Shelburne, Vermont
Category:American female freestyle skiers
Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in freestyle skiing