Ben Ferguson (born January 21, 1995) is an American snowboarder from Bend, Oregon.
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| Born | January 21, 1995 Boise, Idaho, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHe won the silver medal at the Winter X Games XX and the bronze medal at the Winter X Games XXII.[2] In 2018, he was named to the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding Team for the 2018 Winter Olympics.[3]
Ben spends most of his summers in Mt. Hood, Oregon teaching young snowboarders during his signature sessions at High Cascade Snowboard Camp.[4] He is sponsored by 10 Barrel Brewing, Burton Snowboards, Redbull, Mt. Bachelor, Anon Optics, and Crabgrab.
Snowboarding career
editMen's Halfpipe Competitions
- 2014 X Games Aspen - 5th
- 2015 X Games Aspen - 12th
- 2016 X Games Aspen - 2nd
- 2016 Burton U.S. Open - 2nd
- 2017 U.S. Grand Prix Copper Mountain - 2nd
- 2017 X Games Aspen - 7th
- 2017 Dew Tour - 3rd
- 2018 X Games Aspen - 3rd
- 2018 Burton U.S. Open - 4th
- 2018 U.S. Grand Prix Aspen - 2nd
- 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics - 4th
- 2019 X Games Aspen - 6th
Other Career Highlights
- 2012 Innsbruck Youth Olympics - 1st Halfpipe, 2nd Slopestyle
- 2013 Legendary Banked Slalom Mount Baker
- 2015 Red Bull Double Pipe - 1st place double's contest
- Three-time winner of Danny Davis' Peace Park
References
edit- ^ a b "Ben Ferguson". teamusa.org. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 25, 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Aspen 2016 Intel Men's Snowboard SuperPipe". Archived from the original on 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ^ "Who is Ben Ferguson?". NBC Universal. January 14, 2018. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- ^ "High Cascade Snowboard Camp - Signature Sessions™".
External links
edit- Ben Ferguson at the X Games (archived)
- Ben Ferguson at Olympics.com
- Ben Ferguson at Olympic.org (archived)
- Ben Ferguson at Olympedia
- Ben Ferguson at Team USA (archived)
- U.S. Snowboarding Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived March 6, 2016)
- Ben Ferguson at Burton Profile
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