Megan Oldham
{{Short description|Canadian freestyle skier}}
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| birth_place = Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
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| sport = Freestyle skiing
| event = Slopestyle, Big air
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{{MedalSport|Women's freestyle skiing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2023 Bakuriani|Slopestyle}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2021 Aspen|Slopestyle}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Bakuriani|Big air}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2025 Engadin|Slopestyle}}
{{Medal|Competition|Winter X Games}}
{{MedalGold|2020 Norway|Big air}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Aspen|Big air}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Aspen|Slopestyle}}
{{Medal|Silver|2021 Aspen|Big air}}
{{Medal|Silver|2022 Aspen|Big air}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2021 Aspen|Slopestyle}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Aspen|Slopestyle}}
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Megan Oldham (born May 12, 2001) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the big air and slopestyle disciplines.{{cite web|url=https://freestylecanada.ski/team/megan-oldham/|title=Megan Oldham|website=www.freestylecanada.ski/|publisher=Freestyle Canada|access-date=January 31, 2021}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/megan-oldham/|title=Megan Oldham|website=www.olympic.ca/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=January 31, 2022}}{{cbignore}} Oldham grew up in Parry Sound, Ontario.{{cite news|last=Bissonette|first=Sarah|date=January 26, 2022|title=Parry Sound's Megan Oldham representing Canada at the Winter Olympics|url=https://www.parrysound.com/news-story/10560186-parry-sound-s-megan-oldham-representing-canada-at-the-winter-olympics/|work=Parrysound.co|location=Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada|access-date=January 31, 2022}}
Career
Oldham joined the Canadian national team in 2018. In January 2019, Oldham won her first FIS World Cup medal, a silver, 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=January 27, 2019|website=www.olympic.ca/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=January 31, 2022}}{{cbignore}} In March 2019, Oldham won her first World Cup gold and took home the 2019 Slopestyle Crystal Globe.{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Agnes |date=March 30, 2019 |title=Megan Oldham wins first World Cup gold and slopestyle Crystal Globe |url=https://olympic.ca/2019/03/30/megan-oldham-wins-first-world-cup-gold-and-slopestyle-crystal-globe/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team site|language=en-US}}
Oldham competed at her first World Championships in 2021. She won the bronze medal in the slopestyle and fourth in the big air.{{cite news|date=March 23, 2021|title=Canada's Oldham wins slopestyle bronze in her first world championships |url=https://www.tsn.ca/canada-s-megan-oldham-wins-slopestyle-bronze-in-her-first-world-championships-1.1607275|author=Canadian Press|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=January 31, 2022}}
Oldham won two medals at the 2022 Winter X Games: a silver in big air and a bronze in the slopestyle.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/2021/01/30/x-games-megan-oldham-captures-a-second-medal-in-aspen/|title=X Games: Megan Oldham captures a second medal in Aspen |last=Awad |first=Brandi |date=January 30, 2021|website=www.olympic.ca/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=January 31, 2022}}{{cbignore}}
On January 24, 2022, Oldham was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the big air and slopestyle events. She earned a fourth-place finish in Big Air.{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2022/01/24/team-canada-adds-24-freestyle-skiers-to-the-roster-for-beijing-2022/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220129/https://olympic.ca/2022/01/24/team-canada-adds-24-freestyle-skiers-to-the-roster-for-beijing-2022/ |archive-date=January 29, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Team Canada adds 24 freestyle skiers to the roster for Beijing 2022 |last=Nichols |first=Paula |date=January 24, 2022|website=www.olympic.ca/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=January 24, 2022}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|last=Ewing|first=Lori |date=January 24, 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 |publisher=Canadian Press|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=January 24, 2022}}
In January 2023, while competing in the X Games, Oldham became the first woman to land a triple cork in any women's ski or snowboard event. She landed a leftside triple cork 1440 while competing in Women’s Ski Big Air, and won a gold medal in that event.{{cite web |title=Canada's Megan Oldham lands 1st triple cork in women's events to claim X Games gold |publisher=CBC Sports |date=January 28, 2023 |website=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603112752/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/freestyle-skiing/megan-oldham-x-games-jan-27-1.6729566 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/freestyle-skiing/megan-oldham-x-games-jan-27-1.6729566}} She won her second gold at the 2023 X Games in women's ski slopetyle.{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2023 |title=Weekend Roundup: Oldham & McMorris make history at X Games, Strate claims first World Cup podium |url=https://olympic.ca/2023/01/30/weekend-roundup-oldham-mcmorris-make-history-at-x-games-strate-claims-first-world-cup-podium/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team site|language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{sports links|properties=-P4893}}
- {{X Games profile|new_id=megan-oldham}}
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Category:Canadian female freestyle skiers
Category:Sportspeople from Newmarket, Ontario
Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics