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Jamie Anderson Biography
Birth Name:
Jamie Louise Anderson
Birth Place:
South Lake Tahoe, California, United States
Profession
Snowboarder
Fast Facts
- Grew up in a family of eight brothers and sisters
- Began snowboarding at the age of 9, and made her first Winter X Games appearance at just 15 (winning the bronze medal in the slopestyle snowboarding event)
- In 2009 she partnered with her sponsor Billabong to create a line of outerwear, the Jamie Anderson Global Signature Series
- Won Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the 2012 ESPY Awards
- Captured the first-ever Olympic gold medal in women's slopestyle snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
- After the Olympics in 2014, appeared on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice
- Won Best Female U
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- Olympian and Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the 2014 ESPY Awards
- Won Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the 2016 ESPY Awards
- Annual Jamie Anderson Surprise Sponsorship program rewards several South Lake Tahoe youths with new snowboards and snowboarding gear
- Has worked with Protect Our Winters (POW), an environmental organization that fights climate change
Relationships
- Joseph Anderson -- Father
- Lauren Anderson -- Mother
- Corrie -- Sister
- Joanie Anderson -- Sister
- Stacie -- Sister