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Canadian snowboarder

Jasmine Baird
Personal information
Nickname(s)Jas,Jazz
Born (1999-06-29) 29 June 1999 (age 25)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Websitehttps://www.instagram.com/jasmine.baird/
Sport
Country Canada
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Big air
Slopestyle

Jasmine Baird (born 29 June 1999) is a Canadian snowboarder who competes internationally in the big air and slopestyle disciplines. Baird was born in Mississauga, but was raised in Georgetown, Ontario.

Career

At the start of the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, Baird won the bronze medal in the big air event at the stop in Chur, Switzerland.

On 19 January 2022, Baird was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the Slopestyle and Big Air events.

Life

She was 18 months old when she started snowboarding at Beaver Valley Ski Club in Ontario. At age 12, she started getting into slopestyle. She started competing competitively at age 15. She was very inspired by many people but in particular other female snowboarders.

References

  1. "Jasmine Baird". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Jasmine Baird". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. "Jasmine Baird tops Canadian snowboarders with big air bronze medal in Switzerland". www.cbc.ca. CBC Sports. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. Nichols, Paula (19 January 2022). "19 snowboarders nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. Dichter, Myles (19 January 2022). "'Strongest team in all of snowboarding': Canadian squad named for Beijing Olympics". www.cbc.ca. CBC Sports. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  6. "Toutant, McMorris, Parrot, Blouin return as Canada's Olympic snowboard team announced". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  7. Garbutt, Herb (22 January 2022). "'Back where I needed to be': Georgetown snowboarder bounces back from injury to make Olympic team". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  8. "Beaver Valley Snow Parks". Beaver Valley. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  9. "Jasmine Baird".

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