Sarah Höfflin
{{Short description|Swiss freestyle skier (born 1991)}}
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| birth_place = Geneva
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| sport = Freestyle skiing
| event = Slopestyle, Big air
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{{MedalGold|2018 Pyeongchang|Slopestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2025 Engadin|Big air}}
{{MedalCompetition|Winter X Games}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Aspen|Big air}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Aspen|Slopestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2020 Aspen|Slopestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2020 Aspen|Big air}}
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Sarah Höfflin (born 8 January 1991) is an Olympic Swiss freestyle skier. She won a gold medal in big air at Winter X Games XXII,{{cite web|url=http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/events/2018/aspen/results/401005768/women-ski-big-air|title=Aspen 2018 Women's Ski Big Air|publisher=xgames.espn.com|accessdate=28 January 2018}} and won gold in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Early life and education
Höfflin lived in the UK between the ages of 12 and 22, living in Tewkesbury, where she attended Tewkesbury School, before attending Cardiff University, where she graduated with a degree in neuroscience. She was a late starter as a freestyle skier, only taking up the sport in her early 20s when competing at British Universities' Snowsports Council competitions after leaving university and returning to Switzerland.{{cite web |url=http://www.peeblesshirenews.com/sport/16029723.Atkin_bags_slopestyle_bronze_for_Britain___s_first_Winter_Olympics_medal_on_skis/ |title=Atkin bags slopestyle bronze for Britain's first Winter Olympics medal on skis |author= |date=17 February 2018 |website=Peeblesshire News |access-date=17 February 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2018-fski-ss-w-hoefflin/sorry-im-not-british-says-swiss-winner-hoefflin-idUKKCN1G10AU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217085649/https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2018-fski-ss-w-hoefflin/sorry-im-not-british-says-swiss-winner-hoefflin-idUKKCN1G10AU |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 February 2018 |title=Sorry, I'm not British, says Swiss winner Hoefflin |last=Ransom |first=Ian |date=17 February 2018|editor-last=Ganguly |editor-first=Sudipto|website=reuters.com |access-date=17 February 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/17/stoked-izzy-atkin-becomes-britains-first-olympic-medal-winning-skier |title='Stoked' Izzy Atkin becomes Britain's first Olympic medal-winning skier |last=Ingle |first=Sean |author-link=Sean Ingle |date=17 February 2018 |website=theguardian.com |access-date=17 February 2018}}
References
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External links
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- {{X Games profile|new_id=sarah-hoefflin|old_id=4292400}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions In Freestyle Skiing Women}}
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Category:Swiss female freestyle skiers
Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic freestyle skiers for Switzerland
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
Category:Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
Category:Alumni of Cardiff University
Category:Sportspeople from Geneva
Category:21st-century Swiss sportswomen
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