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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 6,232nd most popular athlete (down from 5,745th in 2024), the 1,496th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,405th in 2019) and the 150th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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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 Landon Liboiron (1991), Cindy Busby (1983), Chelsea Hobbs (1985), Dwight Powell (1991), Cheryl Bernard (1966), Tosaint Ricketts (1987), Kardinal Offishall (1976), René Duprée (1983), Chandra Crawford (1983), Lars Hirschfeld (1978), Arne Dankers (1980), and Brady Leman (1986).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Maëlle Ricker ranks 152. Before her are France Gareau (1967), Andy Anderson (null), 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), and Darcy Marquardt (1979).

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