Meghan Tierney
American snowboarder (born 1997)
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Meghan Tierney (born January 15, 1997)[1] is a two time Olympian American snowboarder. She competed in snowboard cross at the 2018 Winter Olympics and at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[1][2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 15, 1997 (age 29) Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Home town | Eagle, Colorado, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Early life, family and education
Born in Long Branch, New Jersey,[3] Tierney was raised in nearby Rumson and Little Silver.[4] She began snowboarding at age ten. Her family moved to Edwards, Colorado to allow Meghan and her siblings, Chris, Daniel, and Makayla, to further their snowboarding training.[1][4] Meghan attended the Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy for her first two years of high school before transferring to the International Snowboard Training Center.[5]
Career
At the Junior level, Tierney placed 4th in snowboardcross (SBX) at the 2014 FIS Junior World Championships and 15th in snowboardcross at the 2016 FIS Junior World Championships.[3] Tierney is the only US athlete ever to win both the NORAM and Europa Cup Championships. She also took 10th place at the 2016 X Games in snowboardcross.
In November 2016, Tierney fell during a training camp in Austria, breaking the L3 vertebrae in her back.[4][5] The injury forced Tierney to sit out the rest of the 2016–17 season.[4] Tierney placed 25th and 31st in her first World Cup races of the 2017–18 season. Tierney finished the final World Cup race before Olympic selection in seventh, the top-placing American woman at the event.[5] She was selected to compete in snowboardcross for the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.[4]
