Tess Coady
{{Short description|Australian snowboarder (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Tess Coady
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| nationality = Australian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|11|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| height = 1.69 m
| weight = 53 kg
| country = Australia
| sport = Snowboarding
| event = Slopestyle, Big air
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's snowboarding}}
{{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Winter Olympics}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Beijing|Slopestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2021 Aspen|Slopestyle}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Bakuriani|Big air}}
{{MedalCompetition|Winter X Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2023 Aspen|Slopestyle}}
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Tess Coady (born 2 November 2000) is an Australian snowboarder from Melbourne who won bronze in the slopestyle event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She also won a bronze medal in slopestyle at the 2021 FIS Snowboard World Championships, and a bronze medal in big air at the 2023 world championships.
Career
Born in Melbourne on 2 November 2000,{{cite web |title=Tess Coady |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/147830 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=11 June 2023 }} Coady was raised in St. Kilda, Victoria, and began snowboarding with her siblings on weekends and holidays. She began competing at age 14.{{Cite web |title=Tess Coady |url=https://thenorthface.com.au/explore-athletes/tess-coady.html |access-date=9 June 2023 |website=The North Face}} Coady participated at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where she competed in big air and in slopestyle.
She represented Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics. At 17 years old, Coady was the youngest athlete on Australia's Olympic team in PyeongChang. She was set to make her Olympic debut in the slopestyle event,{{cite web |url= https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/snowboard/athlete-profile-n3015536-tess-coady.htm |title= Athletic profile – Tess Coady |website= pyeongchang2018.com |accessdate= 10 February 2018 |archive-date= 11 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180211072101/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/snowboard/athlete-profile-n3015536-tess-coady.htm |url-status= dead }} but tore her ACL while undertaking a practice run in difficult conditions.{{cite news|last1=Lisson|first1=Ben|title=Winter Olympics: Wind wreaks havoc at slopestyle, Tess Coady blames gusts for injury|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-12/wind-wreaks-havoc-at-winter-olympics/9423054|website=ABC News|date=12 February 2018 |accessdate=19 February 2018}} The qualification heats for the slopestyle event were later cancelled due to strong winds.
Since 2020, Coady has been affiliated with the artistic collective Drain Gang.
At the 2021 World Championships in Aspen, Colorado, Coady won bronze in the slopestyle competition.[https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2021/SB/6050/2021SB6050RLF.pdf Women's snowboard slopestyle results]
On 6 February 2022, she won the bronze medal in the slopestyle event at the 2022 Winter Olympics,{{cite news|title=Tess Coady claims Australia's first medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics with bronze in slopestyle snowboarding|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-06/beijing-winter-olympics-tess-coady-bronze-snowboard-final/100808634|website=ABC News|date=6 February 2022 |accessdate=6 February 2022}} behind Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Julia Marino.{{cite web |title= Slopestyle, Women |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/19020774 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=11 June 2023 }} She also qualified for the Olympic final in the big air event, where she placed ninth.
In the 2022-2023 competition season, Coady won bronze at the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia in the big air event and silver in the slopestyle event at the 2023 Winter X Games.{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Britt |date=2023-03-04 |title=Coady and Guseli help Australia to record medal haul at world championships |url=https://7news.com.au/sport/snow-sports/tess-coady-and-valentino-guseli-help-australia-to-record-medal-haul-at-world-championships-c-9941990 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=7NEWS |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Smale |first=Simone |date=2023-03-05 |title=Tess Coady's bronze underlines Australia's most successful ever Freestyle World Championships |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-05/tess-coady-wins-snowboard-big-air-bronze-fis-bakuriani/102056014 |access-date=2023-06-10}}{{Cite web |last=Bruton |first=Michelle |date=27 January 2023 |title=At X Games, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott And Tess Coady Prove Australasia Is Taking Over Women's Snowboarding |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michellebruton/2023/01/27/at-x-games-zoi-sadowski-synnott-and-tess-coady-prove-australasia-is-taking-over-womens-snowboarding/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{sports links|properties=-P4893}}
- {{X Games profile|new_id=tess-coady}}
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Category:Australian female snowboarders
Category:Snowboarders from Melbourne
Category:Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic snowboarders for Australia
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen