Brenna Huckaby
American para-snowboarder
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Brenna Huckaby (born January 22, 1996)[1] is an American snowboarder. She competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, winning gold medals in the snowboard cross and banked slalom, and she won gold and a bronze medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. She is the first Paralympian to appear in the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated. Huckaby won the 2024 'Best Athlete with a Disability' ESPY Award.
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| Born | January 22, 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Snowboard cross Banked slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Lane Clegg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life and education
Huckaby has two brothers.[1] She was a nationally ranked gymnast.[2][3] In 2010, at age 14, Huckaby had most of her right leg amputated due to osteosarcoma.[4] She learned to snowboard at age 15 at the National Ability Center.[3] While still in school, Huckaby moved to Utah to pursue snowboarding.[3]
Snowboarding career
Huckaby won her first world championship in snowboarding in 2015.[3] She won world championships in both snowboard-cross and banked slalom in 2017.[1] Huckaby is the first Paralympian to appear in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit issue.[5]
She competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, winning gold medals in both the snowboard cross and banked slalom.[6]
She won the gold medal in the women's dual banked slalom SB-LL1 event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway.[7][8] She also won the silver medal in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL1 event.[9][10]
Huckaby is classified as a SB-LL1 snowboarder. In January 2022, she won a court decision to allow her to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics; this was previously not permitted as there are no SB-LL1 events for female snowboarders in the snowboarding program.[11][12] She won the gold medal in the women's banked slalom SB-LL2 event.[13] She also won the bronze medal in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL2 event.[14][15]
