Janna Meyen
Personal information
Full nameJanna Meyen-Weatherby
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Big Bear Lake, California
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight145 lb (66 kg)
Medal record
Snowboarding
Representing  United States
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 AspenWomen's Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place 2004 AspenWomen's Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place 2005 Aspen Women's Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place 2006 AspenWomen's lopestyle
Silver medal – second place 2002 Aspen Women's Slopestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 AspenWomen's Slopestyle

Janna Meyen-Weatherby (born 1977 or 1978) is a retired American slopestyle snowboarder. Meyen won gold at the Winter X Games from 2003 to 2006 and became the first athlete to win gold four times in a row at Winter X. She was nominated for the Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award in 2005 and 2006 and retired from competition in 2012.

Early life and education

Meyen spent her childhood in Big Bear Lake, California and began to snowboard as a teenager.[1]

Career

Meyen began her X Games career as a boardercross snowboarder in 1997 before moving to slopestyle in 2000.[2] Her first medal at the Winter X Games was a silver medal in 2002 in slopestyle.[3] The next year, she won a gold in 2003 with additional gold medals each year until 2006. As a four-time gold medalist, Meyen became the first athlete of the Winter X Games to come in first four years in a row.[1]

In 2010, Meyen declared that she was going to retire from snowboarding in 2012.[4] During her final years of competition, Meyen won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter X Games and did not medal at the 2011 Winter X Games.[5]

Outside of the X Games, Meyen won the 1991 USASA Snowboarding National Championships as an amateur snowboarder.[6] Other first places for Meyen include the 1991 Burton U.S. Open in halfpipe and the 2005 Burton U.S. Open in slopestyle.[7] Alternatively, Meyen won silver at the 2002 World Snowboarding Championship.[3]

Awards and honors

In 2005, she was nominated for the Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award.[8] Meyen was nominated for the same award in 2006.[9]

Personal life

Meyen is married and has two children.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bend boarder ready for X Games". The Bulletin (Bend). 28 January 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Buckheit, Mary (5 March 2008). "Rippingest. Chick. Ever". X Games. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Janna Meyen". EXPN. Archived from the original on 15 June 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Vicens, AJ (23 December 2010). "Meyen-Weatherby retirement pending". ESPN. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Snowboarder from Bend places eighth". The Bulletin (Bend). 31 January 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Blehm, Eric (January 1995). "After five years of quiet dominance, Janna Meyen finally steps up to the mic". Transworld Snowboarding. Vol. 8, no. 4. p. 82. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "History". Burton. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Cast your ESPY vote: Best Female Action Sports Athlete". ESPY. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "NOMINEES ANNOUNCED". ESPN. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Floros, Susie (26 January 2015). "Open your eyes X Games: A story of the 900 in Women's Slopestyle". Snowboard Magazine. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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