Lauren Weibert
Lauren Weibert is an American deaf snowboarder.[1] She competed at the 2015 Winter Deaflympics and took part in the women's snowboarding competition.[2] She claimed a gold medal in the women's slopestyle event and a silver in the snowboard cross event.[3][4][5] She also won the gold medal in the women's slopestyle event at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics.
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | June 17, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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She was also qualified to represent US at the 2011 Winter Deaflympics, but the event was eventually cancelled due to corruption allegations levelled on Slovak Deaf Sports chief which led to organizational failures.[6]
References
- "Lauren WEIBERT | ICSD". deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- "Weibert Lauren - XVIII Сурдлимпийские зимние игры". Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- "Виды спорта Snowboarding. Women. Slopestyle, finals - XVIII Сурдлимпийские зимние игры". Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- "Lauren Weibert". USA Deaf Sports Federation. 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- Lindeman, Phil. "Breckenridge's Lauren Weibert returns from Russia and her first Winter Games with two medals". Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- Foltz, Sebastian. "Breckenridge snowboarder Lauren Weibert bound for 2015 Deaflympics". Retrieved 2019-08-28.
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