Billy Morgan (snowboarder)

Billy Morgan
Personal information
Born (1989-04-02) 2 April 1989
Southampton, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 159 lb (72 kg)
Sport
Country Great Britain
Sport Snowboarding

Billy Morgan (born 2 April 1989) is a British snowboarder.

Born in Southampton, UK, he competed for Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[1] Morgan finished 10th in the men's slopestyle final.[2]

Morgan scored his first podium finish in an FIS Snowboard World Cup event at the World Cup Finals meeting at Sierra Nevada, Spain in March 2013, where he finished third in the slopestyle competition. He finished the 2012-13 season ranked second in snowboard slopestyle in the FIS World Ranking List.[3][4]

Morgan first took up snowboarding at the age of 14 on a dry slope after previously competing in acrobatic gymnastics. in April 2015, Morgan was the first to land a quad cork.[5] He took his first X Games medal in February 2016 at X Games Oslo, where he finished third in the big air competition.[6]

Personal life

Morgan was born to Eddie and Joanne, and has an older brother, Ashley. He attended Bellemoor School.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Billy Morgan". www.sochi2014.com. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sochi 2014 results: Snowboarding men's slopestyle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Bronze for Billy". British Ski & Snowboard. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Billy Morgan wins bronze medal at World Cup finals in Sierra Nevada". bbc.co.uk. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Bell, Graham (18 October 2013). "Billy Morgan: The Olympic Interview". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Billy Morgan wins X Games bronze in snowboard big air". bbc.co.uk. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Walter, Simon (27 April 2013). "Top freestyle snowboarder Billy Morgan targets Sochi 2014". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest Media. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Past Student Represents GB at the Winter Olympics!". USH Newsletter. Upper Shirley High. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

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