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Maëlle Ricker

1978 - Today

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Maëlle Danica Ricker (; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian retired snowboarder, who specialised in snowboard cross. She won an Olympic gold medal in the snowboard cross event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, to become the first Canadian woman to win a gold medal on home soil at the Olympics. She is also the 2013 World Champion and two-time Winter X Games Champion (1999, 2006). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Maëlle Ricker is the 6,279th most popular athlete (down from 5,745th in 2024), the 1,502nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,405th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Maëlle Ricker ranks 6,279 out of 6,025. Before her are Enefiok Udo-Obong, Shahar Tzuberi, Qi Guangpu, Jordan Díaz, Milenko Sebić, and Oludamola Osayomi. After her are Nicole Gontier, Thomas Burns, Arina Fedorovtseva, Kenny Bednarek, Konrad Niedźwiedzki, and Kimberley Bos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Maëlle Ricker ranks 1,381. Before her are Ludmila Christeseva, Ona Grauer, Aftab Shivdasani, Inti Podestá, Lars Hirschfeld, and Kohei Hayashi. After her are Saori Obata, David Walton, Lee Kyou-hyuk, Torashi Shimazu, Kie Kusakabe, and Oleg Kvasha.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Maëlle Ricker ranks 1,503 out of 1,622. Before her are Kardinal Offishall (1976), René Duprée (1983), Chandra Crawford (1983), Lars Hirschfeld (1978), Arne Dankers (1980), and Brady Leman (1986). After her are Carla MacLeod (1982), Jonathan Osorio (1992), Frank Dancevic (1984), Meghan Agosta (1987), Marie-Philip Poulin (1991), and Sandra Schmirler (1963).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Maëlle Ricker ranks 152. Before her are David Calder (1978), Mike Lewis (1981), Mike Smith (1967), Christine Girard (1985), Silken Laumann (1964), and Cheryl Bernard (1966). After her are Meghan Agosta (1987), Marie-Philip Poulin (1991), Sandra Schmirler (1963), Darcy Marquardt (1979), Roseline Filion (1987), and Mark de Jonge (1984).

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