Zoe Atkin

Zoe Atkin

Personal information
Nationality	American, British
Born	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 22) Newton, Massachusetts, US[1]
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Freestyle skiing
Event	Halfpipe
Medal record Women's freestyle skiing Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2023 Bakuriani Halfpipe 2021 Aspen Halfpipe Winter X Games 2024 Aspen Superpipe 2023 Aspen Superpipe

Zoe Atkin (born 16 January 2003) is a British-American freestyle skier.[2]

Career

She competed in the halfpipe event at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021 winning a bronze medal.[3][4] During the 2022-2023 competition season, she won silver in the halfpipe event at the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia and gold in the superpipe at the 2023 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.[5][6] After qualifying for the 2022 Beijing Olympics in the halfpipe event, she qualified to the final in fourth and placed ninth overall in the final.[5][7][8]

Personal life

She is the younger sister of fellow skier Izzy Atkin; both were born in the United States to an English father and Malaysian mother, and have competed for Great Britain from a young age.[9][10] Atkin enrolled at Stanford University in 2022. [11]

References

1. "Zoe ATKIN". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
2. Profile
3. FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021 results
4. "Zoe Atkin: British 18-year-old wins halfpipe bronze at World Championships". bbc.co.uk. 12 March 2021.
5. "Britain's Zoe Atkin Soars to Emotional World Championship Silver in Freeski Halfpipe in Bakuriani, Georgia". www.eurosport.com. 3 April 2023. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
6. "Monster Energy Women's Ski SuperPipe". X Games. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
7. Qualification results
8. Final results
9. Izzie Atkin: The US-born Team GB star who grew up on Marmite and Ribena, Matt McGeehan, Evening Standard, 17 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2022
10. Izzy and Zoe Atkin interview: Qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing would be a dream, Eurosport, 4 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022
11. Zoe Atkin Biography Retrieved 25 April 2023

External links

• Zoe Atkin at FIS (freestyle)
• Zoe Atkin at Olympics.com
• Zoe Atkin at Team GB
• Zoe Atkin at Olympedia
• Zoe Atkin at the X Games