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Pyeongchang 2018

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Chloe Kim Snowboarding Fast Facts • Born April 23, 2000, in Long Beach, California (age 17) • Is a first-generation Korean-American fluent in English, French and Korean • Is the first woman to land back-to-back 1080s and earn a perfect score of 100 • Won gold medals in halfpipe and slopestyle events at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics • Was a 2016 ESPY Award nominee for Best Breakthrough Athlete F or the past few years, Chloe Kim has been deemed "the future of women's snowboarding." She was first introduced to the sport at the age of 4 when her father signed the family up for group lessons at Mountain High ski resort in California. After only two years of snowboarding, she caught the eye of coaches who recognized her talent and potential, and she was recruited as a member of Team Mountain High, where she would compete for the next two years. She then trained in Valais, Switzerland, for two years before returning to California to train at Mammoth Mountain until she joined U.S. Snowboarding in 2013. After earning enough points to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics but missing out due to age restrictions, Kim is ready to make her Olympics debut in her parents' native country of South Korea. Poised to become the world's most dominant snowboard female halfpipe rider, Kim approaches Pyeongchang 2018 as the grandest stage to prove that she is the "now of women's snowboarding." Hilary Knight Ice Hockey Fast Facts • Born July 12, 1989, in Palo Alto, California (age 28) • The city of Sun Valley, Idaho, declared May 19, 2011, as Hilary Knight Day • Played for the Wisconsin Badgers hockey team while attending the University of Wisconsin • Scored the gold medal-winning goal in overtime in the 2017 world championship game against Canada • Holds a number of Badgers records, including most career goals (143), points (262), game-winning goals (30) and hat tricks (9) H ilary Knight began skating at the age of 5 when her mother signed her and her siblings up for skating lessons after moving the family to Chicago, Illinois. When Knight saw her peers in hockey equipment, she convinced her mother to sign her up with a team on which she would eventually grow into a dominant power forward, standing at a sturdy stature of 5-foot-11. She went on to play hockey for the University of Wisconsin, where she ended her school career having set a number of program records and winning a national championship with the Badgers in 2009. In 2016, Knight became the regular season scoring champion with the Boston Pride in the NWHL's inaugural season while going on to win the first Isobel Cup. Now, going into her third Olympic Games with Team USA at Pyeongchang 2018, Knight looks to add gold to her two silver medals from Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014. Photos courtesy USOC/NBC Olympics WHO tO Jamie Anderson Snowboarding Fast Facts • Born Sept. 13, 1990, in South Lake Tahoe, California (age 27) • Launched an environmentally conscious clothing company called TRYE (To Respect Your Earth) • Favorite non-snowboarding activities include hiking, camping and yoga • Was homeschooled with her five sisters, the eldest two of whom introduced her to snowboarding • Her sister Joanie won the 2007 X-Games in snowboardcross J amie Anderson learned to snowboard when she was 9 years old when she was first introduced to the sport through her older sisters. By the time she was 13, she was competing in her first Winter X Games. At 15, she surpassed Shaun White as the youngest snowboarder to achieve a podium finish at the Winter X Games, and at 16 she became the youngest woman to win a Winter X Games gold medal. Since then, Anderson has won multiple gold medals in the slopestyle event and won several season championships in the TTR World Tour and Winter Dew Tour. Anderson made history at Sochi 2014 when she became the first Olympic gold medalist in slopestyle snowboarding. She looks to defend her gold medal in the slopestyle event, while adding to history again when the big air event makes its Olympic debut at Pyeongchang 2018. Lowell Bailey Biathlon Fast Facts • Born July 15, 1981, in Siler City, North Carolina (age 36) • Enjoys playing the guitar and mandolin in two bluegrass bands • Often repeats a Theodore Roosevelt quote in the starting gate that says, "Do what you can, with what you got, where you are" • Was a three-time NCAA All-American while attending the University of Vermont • Has a Bernese mountain dog named Hazel G rowing up in Lake Placid, New York, Lowell Bailey participated in several winter sports, including cross-country skiing, but only shot his first biathlon rifle at the age of 14. After years of competing, Bailey saw his breakout season at the age of 30, when he broke into the top 20 of the World Cup rankings for the first time. He finished 14th at the end of the 2011-12 season, improving on his ranking of 41st from the previous year, and he finished last season in eighth position. His first World Cup podium came in 2014 when he finished second in the 10 km sprint at Kontiolahti, Finland. Most recently, a year before considering retiring to become a cattle farmer, Bailey became the first American biathlon world champion when he won his first World Cup gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria. In doing so, he also became the oldest individual gold medalist in world championship history, at 35 years and 216 days. Bailey will be an inspiration for most at Pyeongchang 2018, since he exemplifies why one should never give up on their goals. WHO tO Photos courtesy USOC/NBC Olympics 7 2.4.2018 Call 501-588-1480 • 479-234-4147 or 1-800-LEAFGUARD TODAY for a FREE estimate and in-home demonstration www.leafguard.com and www.leafguardandmore.com * We'll even haul the old gutters away • No more leaves, pine needles, debris or squirrels • The gutter that never clogs... 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