Graham Watanabe (born March 19, 1982) is an American snowboarder who has competed since 1996. He won three events in snowboardcross between 2004 and 2009.
_(Graham_Watanabe).jpg) Watanabe at Telluride in 2009 | ||
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Representing the  United States
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| Winter X Games | ||
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2009 Aspen | Snowboard Cross |
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Watanabe finished 31st in the snowboard cross event. His best finish at the FIS Snowboard World Championships was sixth in the snowboard cross event at Gangwon in 2009.
It was announced on 26 January 2010, that Watanabe made the US team for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Although Watanabe did not qualify for the quarter-finals in Vancouver, he described his Olympic experience, when he said, "Try to imagine Pegasus mating with a unicorn and the creature that they birth; I somehow tame it and ride it into the sky in the clouds and sunshine and rainbows. That's what it feels like."[1]
He was a subject in an episode of BYU Television's The Generations Project documentary series in 2012.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Pegasus rising: snowboarder Watanabe a star wordsmith". Chicago Tribune. February 11, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ^ "The Generations Project – Graham". Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- Graham Watanabe at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- "The Concierge Questionnaire-Graham Watanabe Interview" www.conciergequestionnaire.com 5 June 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
External links
edit- Graham Watanabe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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